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...blur the distinction between savings and checking deposits. The account will require a minimum balance of $2,500, but it will have no interest ceiling, and depositors will be able to write an unlimited number of checks. Similar to so-called NOW checking accounts that currently have an interest lid of 5¼%, this latest innovation has already been dubbed the Super...
...tellin ya," he interrupted, "there's sompin crazy goin' on here. This old guy's runnin' aroun' here, he's flipped a lid or sompin. Damn Pinko. He's got a commune...
...Department of Justice has moved to let the marketplace decide how many TV commercials viewers will have to endure an hour. For 30 years the National Association of Broadcasters (N.A.B.), the industry's leading trade group, has operated under a code that kept the lid on both the frequency and the length of commercials. Although the code was voluntary, the members of the N.A.B.-which include the three major networks and their affiliates, as well as most of the independent stations-have, by and large, adhered...
When the coffin reached Red Square, it was placed, with its lid removed, on a red-draped bier facing the Lenin Mausoleum. Three battalions of cadets from the three services stood at attention. Remarked the TV announcer describing the scene to a nationwide audience: "The most important goal of the last decade of his life was detente. Of course, he was deeply disappointed by the sharp change of policy of the U.S." After speeches by Andropov, Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov, Academy of Sciences President Anatoli Alexandrov and a factory worker, pallbearers led by Andropov on the left and by Premier...
...done? Of course, but it probably will not be. Many suggestions have been made to limit political spending while still permitting citizens, businesses and special-interest groups to support the races of candidates they like. Among them: public funding of congressional campaigns, tighter limits on PAC contributions, a legislated lid on the TV time that stations can sell to candidates. But incumbents, many of whom benefit from their ability to raise and spend more than would-be challengers, are unlikely to vote for any such measures. Says Thomas Houston, chairman of California's fair political practices commission: "Oh, there...