Word: owing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When Harvard stretches its arms, working class Cambridge feels it in the ribs. That should be easy enough to understand. They just have to talk to us whenever they make their plans. They really owe that much to the people of Cambridge...
...trade deficit may exceed $5 billion this year. The U.S. General Accounting Office warned recently that a substantial portion of Washington's $2.5 billion in military and economic aid was being used to help Israel repay past debts. Without increased levels of assistance, Israel could soon owe the U.S. as much in annual repayments as it receives in loans...
...total. That would afford him very little bargaining power at the Democratic Convention in San Francisco. Says Darden: "For Jackson to stay in and get 8% of the vote, and that's optimistic, what has he done? He'll have given John Glenn the nomination, and Glenn won't owe him anything...
...Keiko, such religious eclecticism is perfectly natural. "I owe respect to my ancestors and show it through Buddhism," she explains. "I'm a Japanese, so I do all the little Shinto rituals. And I thought a Christian marriage would be real pretty. It's a contradiction, but so what...
...when it did hit, which was most of the time, it laid down rules and set new marks for others to follow. Bowie kept the cutting edge keen. There are few punks or New Wavers or art rockers or New Dancers dancing to New Music who do not owe him an abiding debt. Everyone from Gary Numan to Talking Heads and Human League and Culture Club ought to make a deep bow in his direction. If the success of his new album and the galvanic concert tour are any indication, then Bowie is setting the direction once again...