Word: frequented
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When President Habib Bourguiba married Wassila Bent Muhammad Ben Ammar in 1962, the Tunisian press called it a "love match." Over the years, the pair had frequent clashes, after which she would depart the presidential palace for extended sulks abroad. One such absence was expected to end early this month on the occasion of Bourguiba's 83rd birthday, but Wassila, now 74, failed to turn...
...Mubarak's recent pleas have garnered no new funds. The IMF, the U.S. and other Western governments instead have insisted that Egypt take bolder steps to reform its bloated, inefficient economy. They are pressing Cairo to encourage more private investment. But their most frequent target is Egypt's vast system of government subsidies, which could consume as much as $7 billion of the country's $15 billion budget this year. The subsidies are a growing burden, especially since Egypt's population, now 50 million, is increasing by 1 million people every nine months...
Nobody has ever become a frequent flyer by booking a seat on GPA. For that matter, no passenger has ever eaten a meal served by a GPA flight attendant or checked a bag with the company. Yet Shannon, Ireland-based GPA, formerly known as Guinness Peat Aviation, owns one of the world's largest commercial passenger jet fleets. Instead of flying its planes, which will soon number 187, GPA leases them to some 25 airlines, including Pan American, Qantas and People Express. For cash-strapped carriers, renting a Boeing 737, even at $240,000 a month, is often more affordable...
...hands tremble slightly now, and the flesh around his eyes makes them seem smaller than they really are, heightening an occasional glare, muffling his frequent shy smiles. Yet Janos Kadar still displays the same unexpected charm and cool canniness that have helped make the onetime typewriter mechanic the boldest and most beloved leader in Eastern Europe. Wearing a tailored gray suit and a wine-red silk tie, Kadar chain-smoked Symphonia cigarettes while talking for two hours with a group of TIME visitors in his office in Budapest's Central Committee headquarters. Any initial reserve that the General Secretary displayed...
Still, there have been occassionaluncomfortable moments for some of the interns,Hill said. A few Black undergraduates on theprogram, he said, have encountered racialprejudice from the predominantly white Appalachiancommunity. But Hill said the Blacks say the racismis not bad or frequent enough for them to withdrawfrom the internship program...