Word: march
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...probe are two perplexing questions. Have post-Watergate reforms designed to shield the IRS from political abuse unintentionally allowed corruption to flourish by exempting the agency from proper oversight? And is the agency, headless since Commissioner Lawrence Gibbs resigned at the height of the tax season last March, using those reforms to prevent the subcommittee from delving into the wrongdoing...
Though he retains control for the moment, Mengistu's position is likely to remain precarious. His Soviet-supplied army is one of the largest and best equipped in Africa, but it has suffered what one Ethiopian officer called "disastrous, bloody chaos." Last March it was trounced by rebels from the Tigre People's Liberation Front, which has been fighting the government for twelve years. One year earlier, 19,000 government soldiers were routed by Eritrean forces...
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Jennifer Napoli, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Assistant Directors); Angel Ackemyer, Stefano Arata, James Elsis, Carol March, Kenneth B. Smith (Designers); Nickolas Kalamaras Layout: John P. Dowd (Traffic); Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Victoria Nightingale, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Eugene Tick, Dennis Wheeler Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Cynthia Davis, Joe Lertola, E. Noel McCoy, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells...
Thus far into the bowels of the land we march'd on without impediment...
...helped spur the rally last week even as governments | dumped billions of dollars onto foreign exchange markets in an effort to push the U.S. currency down. Traders continued to snap up dollars after Washington reported that, with exports up 7.4%, the U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $8.86 billion in March, down from $9.82 billion the previous month. A day later investors shrugged off the news that the Consumer Price Index rose a sharp 0.7% in April because the gain reflected a record 11.4% surge in gasoline prices that is not expected to recur...