Word: import
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dingell is chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which last month passed a domestic-content bill that would require all cars, including the best-selling imports, to be made in large measure by American workers using U.S. parts. President Reagan has said he will not sign a local-content bill. The Administration has also delayed pressing for a fourth year of import restrictions. In the wake of Uno's unexpected declaration, however, the Administration may have to find a way to reopen the door to negotiations on autos quickly so that it can keep the protectionists...
...that almost 20 years separate the "Tones from the Barbarians, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and? and the Mysterians--from which they claim their musical heritage. Thus, some cry, the Fleshtones aren't revolutionary--legated the Kinks and Rod Stewart to embarrassing obsolescence and has embraced every now British import as a heaven-sent message...
Thus news organizations had every reason to worry about how the Poles would handle the daunting task of accommodating 700 foreign journalists covering the visit of Pope John Paul II, a story of potent political import. As it turned out, Poland performed impressively for an Iron Curtain country. There were few overt obstacles to coverage, except a lack of open, informed sources and an enforced distance from the main events. Lamented one photographer: "Every papal trip, I have to get a bigger lens because I am farther away...
...perfect!" marvelled Erica Van Wagener, a New York import with a bit part. "They want corn-fed sweetness, and she fits in the hole. She can play all the teen-age girl roles until she's 25." Van Wagener complained that her own career was impeded because she could not be stereotyped so easily. It is those stereotypes that TV uses to build its picture of life...
...effort to hold down costs, Iraq has banned the import of most luxury goods, including cars, watches, TV sets and even clothing. The staffs of Iraq's embassies overseas have been cut by at least 30%. According to reports heard in Beirut, the Iraqis have sold much of their $4 billion in gold reserves in the past six months. But none of these measures, however drastic, would be sufficient to underwrite a war that is costing Iraq $1.5 billion a month...