Word: give
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...become indiscriminate in their crackdown. "They are characterizing traditional, ordinary, international banking transactions as money laundering," gripes Gerald Houlihan, a Miami attorney who represents financial institutions in money-laundering and forfeiture cases. "They are not going after money launderers, but are attempting to terrorize banks in an effort to give the impression they are doing something about drugs...
...down, they are not out. The public may think such issues as the imminence of global warming and the danger of toxic wastes are settled, but scientists do not. Their disagreements about ecological threats make life uncomfortable for the activists, who fear that any apparent uncertainty will give policymakers an excuse for inaction. Critics respond that environmental false alarms have produced bad policy. While some naysayers are economists, industrialists and bureaucrats who view environmentalism as an irrelevant disruption of the real business of the world, others are sophisticated scientists who maintain that the U.S. should not risk its economic security...
...familiar: close off unused rooms, seal up cracks and openings, and insulate roofs. Look at the energy-efficiency rating when buying appliances. And one more idea that few people know about: replace ordinary incandescent light bulbs with "compact-fluorescent" models sold by major light-bulb manufacturers. They can give off the light of a 60-watt bulb while using only 15 watts of electricity. These fluorescent bulbs cost at least $10, but they last ten times as long as conventional models and will pay for themselves by lowering electricity bills...
...Mamet in Bobby Gould in Hell, recall that Beelzebub is a fallen angel and reckon he must be something of a moral philosopher. Both authors seem to think nothing could be more instructive than a sojourn in Hades to enhance the remainder of a life back on earth. They give that opportunity not only to the title characters of their two one-act plays but also, vicariously, to audiences in a double bill that opened last week at New York City's Lincoln Center...
...trudged through the dirty snow in downtown Warsaw searching for a fur hat to protect him against the icy wind. But among the meager selections in half a dozen stores, he could not find one hat that fitted. Harper, who runs a large food company in Omaha, refused to give up. He decided to offer one hatmaker the equivalent of an extra $10 in zlotys to whip something up by next morning. The man showed little enthusiasm, however, his sullen face reflecting the effects of 45 years of Communist rule. Harper left the store doubting that he would...