Word: iras
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland--Bobby Sands, a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the British Parliament, died in the hospital of Northern Ireland's Maze prison last night, 66 days after he began a hunger strike to demand "political status" for jailed IRA members...
...IRA leaders called for a period of mourning for Sands, and announced plans for his burial with full military honors later in the week...
...than spend the money in inflationary consumption. Rostenkowski argued that his plan contains provisions specifically targeted to encourage saving. One is a proposal to increase the amount of annual income that a worker not covered by a company pension plan can save in a tax-sheltered individual retirement account (IRA) from $1,500 to $2,000, and to extend IRA opportunities to employees with pension plans who want an extra retirement cushion...
...radical circuit sat down to plan out the formation of an "anti-Reagan" movement, modeled on the anti-war movement of past decades. This tidbit comes in a column titled "Terrorism Today." For graphic interest, "Terrorism Today" is illustrated with a picture of "a hooded member of the IRA," though that organization is not discussed in the column nor anywhere else in the issue...
BROWN (10-16)--Ira James 6 1-2 13, Scott McCarthy 2 0-0 4 Bob Stanley 5 0-1 10; Jelf Samsen 11 4-4 26; Dean Erickson...