Word: hourly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gorbachev's two-hour stop to the politically neutral, staunchly Roman Catholic Ireland was the first by a Kremlin leader. It was Gorbachev's first overseas visit since a December trip to the United States...
...black knit dresses ("The spiritual thing was cute, but mainly I liked the way they looked"); how maybe he lends clothes to certain actresses, "but Goldie Hawn paid cold cash"; reflections on culture ("I like museums -- but really fast. I can do a museum in half an hour"). Autobiography can be selective. He won't reveal his age (mid-30s by deduction). "It puts you in a category," he insists. "You're not fresh enough to be new." Ask him about his father leaving home, and he sidesteps the question with an ode to his dad's shoes (black...
Congress and President Bush both agree that the $3.35-an-hour minimum wage, which has not been raised since 1981, needs a boost. But a conflict is brewing over just how far to hike it. Had the wage kept pace with inflation, it would stand at $4.46 an hour today. Bush has threatened to veto any bill that provides a base rate of more than $4.25. Last week the House passed a measure that would gradually increase the wage to $4.55 by 1992. The Senate, scheduled to take up the issue next week, is unlikely to adopt a rate...
...told to cook something and let it sit for two minutes, there's a good reason. You're letting the heat from inside the food come out in the form of steam and finish the cooking." Once food is prepared, it should be eaten within an hour or refrigerated. Among the most dangerous foods to leave out are those containing eggs, such as mayonnaise and custard. Cooked poultry filled with stuffing is also likely to grow bacteria quickly...
Clay Center's once-a-day bus service along two-lane U.S. 24 stopped two years ago. The bus carried mostly the poor and elderly to see their doctors or relatives an hour away in Manhattan. Bus service also meant that the town's two florist shops could count on daily deliveries of fresh flowers. And repair shops could often get same-day emergency shipments of spare parts. Although the town's cooperative grain elevator still has access to a working railroad spur, weeds surround the tracks. Reason: the Kyle railroad has added a $750- per-car surcharge...