Word: moneyed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...response would be "Why not?" I think it's helpful to the advertisers. They're putting their money into a program to get you to buy their products. If putting money into that program is going to cost them money instead of make them money, it seems only fair to let the advertiser know this...
...activists admit, however, that removing all sex and gore from the media would make no more than a small dent in the teen crime problem. Much more fundamental changes in society are needed. Government at all levels should step up the battles against drugs, poverty and racism. Far more money should be poured into education, day-care and recreational opportunities for the young. Youngsters need more of their parents' time, and they need to know that society cares about them...
...economy, desultory even in the best of times, is now virtually shut ! down. Automobile, tire and auto-parts production have come to a stop. Ranchers have halted delivery of cattle because they are being paid with uncashable checks. The government cannot print money fast enough, so a severe cash shortage has prompted bank closings. Because the austral has lost 90% of its value since February, most people try to conduct their business in U.S. dollars, although it is now illegal to do so. According to private estimates, what is left of the economy runs on $500 million worth of austral...
...fiscal house back in order in 1983, when Alfonsin became the first civilian President in nearly eight years. The former human-rights activist valued political stability at the expense of wrenching but necessary economic changes to correct the country's low productivity, over-regulation, bloated public payroll and money-losing state- owned companies. By the time Alfonsin began pushing for economic reforms in 1985, his popularity had eroded, and the Peronist-controlled Congress was able to block his moves...
Despite the poisonous atmosphere on Capitol Hill as House Democrats lose their Speaker, the new attention to speaking fees, lobbyist-paid vacations and pac money is long overdue. -- Republican pit bull Newt Gingrich, whose accusations scuttled Wright, thirsts for more blood. Some Democrats hope it will...