Word: loyalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mutineers, who had been holding about 2,000 loyal government troops at bay at the Campo de Mayo military base, were demanding an amnesty for officers accused of human rights violations under previous military governments...
...raise appeared in congressional paychecks last week, 57 House members and 13 Senators said no to the $12,100 pay hike. Most of the refuseniks donated the money to charity or returned it to the U.S. Treasury. The honorable gesture shocked one of Senator Alan Simpson's most loyal supporters. Says the Wyoming Republican: "When I told my wife I gave the money back, she said, 'You did what...
Observers of Evangelicalism predict that, in the short run at least, PTL supporters will rally around their beleaguered organization. The TV ministries like PTL occupy powerful positions because they meet the spiritual and emotional needs of millions of viewers. Indeed, loyal fans of the Bakkers reacted with surprising equanimity to the couple's disappearance. Ron Olguin, manager of New Mexico's Bernalillo County and a daily viewer of religious TV, contributes upwards of $10,000 a year to televangelists. He is irritated by all the criticism of the Bakkers. "These people have done a lot of good in their lives...
...Earlier that day she had pledged to "smite the foe on the left and the right." Said Aquino: "I want a string of honorable military victories." Her speech represented a dramatic shift in tactics aimed at ending both the 18-year Communist insurgency and coup threats by military officers loyal to former President Ferdinand Marcos...
Some potato-chip addicts are brand loyal, notably the lovers of the greaseless and quintessentially potatoey Charles Chips, a Pennsylvania Dutch winner that has been going strong for 45 years and that proved best among the 65 varieties tasted for this report. The jalapeno Charles Chips led all other seasoned types. For decades Charles Chips were delivered to homes in 40 states, always packed in the company's trademark mustard-colored cans; now they are sold in supermarkets in typical air-cushioned bags. In Ohio, the loyalty lines are drawn between chips made by two old local outfits: the good...