Word: huges
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...institutions repackage their home loans as securities for resale to other investors rather than collect interest and principal themselves. The practice makes mortgage rates more sensitive to economic flare-ups. Even so, most financial experts contend, securitization keeps home loans more affordable. Reason: lenders can tap funds from a huge financial marketplace rather than just from local savings depositors...
...government's attempts to look tough were partially undermined by growing labor unrest. The Johannesburg area has been hit by a strike of 20,000 South African Transport Services workers. Nearly 60 railway cars, mostly on commuter trains from the huge black township of Soweto outside Johannesburg, were fire bombed last week, and many others were stoned. Several passengers were injured, and one young black was shot and wounded in the leg, reportedly as he tried to hurl a flaming torch into a railway car. The strike, which started a month ago in a minor dispute between the Transport Services...
Although its title might lead you to believe otherwise, Stop Making Sense is not a screwball comedy--rather, it is a screwball Art/Rock Concert film. If you like the Talking Heads, you will no doubt be delighted with David Byrne's huge wacky suit. If you do not like the Talking Heads, however, sight gags posing as art will not endear you to this overly long movie. No one will deny, however, the unmistakeable energy and charming enthusisasm of the Talking Heads in their film debut...
Colleges and professional minor leagues coexist in baseball and hockey. There is no reason the same can't be true for basketball and football. It is unfortunate that the only way to make it happen is by letting the schools retain the ownership of these teams, and the huge profits that go along with them. Still, it is a far cry better than the special brand of hypocrisy being practiced by the NCAA and colleges across the country...
...Millions of Americans watched the Texaco Star Theater television show, featuring Milton Berle, and a decade later any child could sing the jingle "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star." With exploration, refining and retail operations from Abilene to Aberdeen, the company has generated huge wealth and no small amount of controversy in its 86-year history...