Word: less
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...phenomenon confined to the snarls of the lumpen proletariat or the cafe chatter of polite society. Western diplomats in Budapest say some leaders of the opposition Hungarian Democratic Forum have made Glempish noises about the undue influence in the media of "alien forces" -- code words considerably less obscure than "goose merchants...
...offensive, no one imagined that the war would be brought from the countryside right into the capital. But there are two roads to peace: one paved with goodwill, the other littered with dead bodies. Last week the rebels of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (F.M.L.N.) took the road less traveled in recent years, and the savage fighting that resulted will leave Salvadorans reeling for months to come...
...salaries at $98,400 next year, temporarily greater than those in the House. In exchange, the limit on honorariums was trimmed to $26,568 from $35,800, so Senators' potential incomes were left virtually unchanged. When the larger congressional pay hike takes effect in 1991, Senators would be paid less than members of the House. While Congressmen must return to their districts to convince skeptical constituents of the wisdom of their actions, Senators have decided that the appearance of virtue is its own reward...
...spends five hours writing letters, preparing testimony, drafting speeches and devouring all the information she can find on how and why Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, last December, killing 270 people. One of the victims was William Giebler, 29, a bond broker who had married Wendy less than a year earlier. "I have nothing else left to live for," says Giebler, who transformed her grief into action. "This is what I consider my career...
...make a reasonable case. In this conflict between career military "defenders" and soon-to-be-civilian attorneys over the rights of the accused, the imbalance is not in the play but in the minds of audiences. The flood tide of change in the Communist world makes the military appear less vital and its resistance to civilian due process repugnant, not a regrettable necessity...