Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tokyo's largesse is to counter U.S. complaints that Japan does not shoulder its fair share of international obligations. Japanese aid in 1986 amounted to 0.29% of gross national product, less than the OECD average of 0.35% but ahead of the 0.23% rate for the U.S. But while the U.S. sinks 6% of GNP into defense spending, much of which goes to protecting allies and international sea lanes, Japan devotes only...
...Unlike simplistic TV dramas of the past, Bochco shows typically feature a medley of interwoven plots and characters. They grapple with tough social issues, yet leap from scenes of intense drama to raucous comedy. They relentlessly push network standards of good taste, often with a schoolboy penchant for gross-out humor and sexual fetishes. "Steve has . always been one to break the rules," says former NBC Chairman Grant Tinker. "He does it more cleverly, even diabolically, than anyone else. He rocks the boat as a hobby...
WORKERS have called the exposed stairwell of Carpenter Center "a mother's nightmare" for years now, but never with the conviction they used this week. What in the past had seemed merely a risky spot for small children suddenly showed itself for it was--a dangerous safety hazard in gross violation of existing building codes. The nearly three-foot gaps in the railing left plenty of room for a three-year-old to tumble about 12 feet to a concrete floor; he was treated for wrist and head wounds and was released the same day. The most appalling part...
...Carpenter staff members' macabre description of the ledge would indicate, the danger was not unknown. In 1985, a state inspector, visiting Carpenter on entirely different business, noticed the railing and wrote to city officials and Harvard administrators calling it "a gross violation of existing codes...
...allow a preacher of the Gospel, when he is caught beyond the shadow of a doubt committing an immoral act . . . to remain in his position as pastor (or whatever), would be the most gross stupidity." Under the rules of the Assemblies of God, such a sinner must be suspended from preaching for one year and put on probation for a second year, or else there is a danger that the "whole church will be destroyed...