Word: lavished
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dirt-poor, despotically ruled homeland pursues lavish plans...
...Christian Democrats. It has also been open knowledge in San Salvador that the Venezuelan Institute of Popular Education (IVEPO) has been used as a conduit for foreign assistance to the Christian Democrats. This became visible last February when Duarte's ill-funded party suddenly began using glossy posters, lavish billboards and slick TV ads. D'Aubuisson's Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) retaliated by running a newspaper ad accusing the Venezuelan government of meddling in Salvadoran affairs. On Saturday, in another full-page ad, ARENA directly charged the CIA with channeling funds to Duarte's campaign...
Many experts believe that lavish raises for corporate higher-ups will hurt the U.S. economy. Big executive paychecks, they fear, could spark an upsurge in inflation because rank-and-file workers and union leaders can use them to justify higher wage demands. Moreover, higher wages would make the U.S. even less competitive with foreign producers than it is at present...
Rosen says he sees a "dichotomy among the current researchers, between the diehard hippies and the more lavish travelers...
...more lavish travelers may indeed be more numerous now, if Let's Go's growing commercialization is an indication. In addition to putting out books, it now sells knapsacks and other travel gear, started its own travel agency, and even puts ads in the guides...