Word: gone
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...believe he did. I believe the man was capable of it." She also agreed with a suggestion from North Carolina Democrat Richardson Preyer that Oswald's motive was probably not political but a product of his own twisted ego. He would probably, she said, have gone after whoever was President at the time...
...week, in a further show of unity, the front, joined by the Sandinistas, called on five friendly Latin American nations to mediate a ceasefire; the front itself refused to deal directly with Somoza and demanded that he and his family leave the country. It further proposed-when Somoza is gone-a provisional democratic junta and offered three possible "representatives": Industrialist Alfonso Robelo Callejas, 38, Lawyer-Writer Sergio Ramirez Mercado, 36, and Lawyer Rafael Córdova Rivas, 54, who had helped establish the foremost anti-Somoza political coalition, UDEL (Democratic Liberation Union...
...government had arrested more than 200 blacks thought to be linked to the guerrillas and detained them without trial. As he tried to rally his white constituency, Smith raged that Nkomo, who had readily accepted responsibility for the destruction of the Rhodesian airplane, was "a monster" who had gone "beyond the pale...
...other great tax thrust of the past decade-the effort to use the system to shift wealth from richer citizens to poorer ones through various forms of transfer payments-it has gone about as far as it can. Transfer payments, such as Social Security and welfare benefits, account for more of the federal budget than anything else, including defense, and probably cannot be increased further, either as a practical or a political matter. The public's mood, as Conable described it, is, "Quit all this talking about equity, and cut my taxes...
...rush into traveler's checks has inspired some odd alliances and rivalries. Although Citibank issues Master Charge cards and is a member of the consortium that licenses the Master Charge system, its parent Citicorp has gone to court to try to block Master Charge's entry into traveler's checks, charging unfair competition. Citibank's argument: Master Charge, through the banks that issue the card, would be able to control which traveler's checks the customer bought, thus shutting Citibank out of the business...