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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...origin of the acronym is not known, but it is often attributed to glib real estate agents or to clever marketing M.B.A.s bored with the term yuppie. What separates DINKs from most other Americans is a much greater percentage of discretionary income. "DINKs are one of the few groups that are doing much better than the previous generation," says Frank Levy, an economist at the University of Maryland...
...Retired Army Major General John Singlaub, a fund raiser for the contras, threw some light on the origin of the idea of diverting Iranian arms-sales profits to the Nicaraguan rebels. In an interview with the Washington Post, Singlaub said he had suggested to two countries -- identified by the paper as Taiwan and South Korea -- that they pay a markup for weapons they were buying (such as torpedoes that Taiwan was purchasing from Israel) so that the extra funds could be diverted to Singlaub's contra-supply network. Further, said Singlaub, he had told North about this scheme in early...
...very least, I wanted people to footnote the fact in speech, to remind themselves and their listeners of its origin. Realizing the impossibility of this, I am content merely with restating my legend. I promise to say no more on the subject...
...Rome press conference: "What is technologically possible is not also morally admissible." The document is being termed "Ratzinger's catechism" because of its substantial use of a question-and-answer format. Clinical in tone, the text bears the title Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions...
...origin of human society is characterized by...a year round prevalence of female asexuality, bisex, and homosex, compared to the relative infrequency of exclusive heterosex...