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Word: pay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that stop you from seeing it. It was so good I didn't even eat my popcorn. It was so good I would buy an Orson Welles t-shirt advertising it. It was so good I plan to go back to the Orson Welles and pay money to see it again. That's how good...

Author: By Sarah M. Mcgillis, | Title: Truth and Beauty | 10/4/1979 | See Source »

...think we hit on a very vulnerable issue," Riseman said. "If the gym was the price the city paid and the city has a say in what can be built: where, I think it's a small price to pay," he added. "Harvard as an institution has a right to grow, but Harvard can be built up instead...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Athletic Complex on Observatory Hill Approaches Completion After Struggle | 10/3/1979 | See Source »

...country's two main political issues: nuclear energy and taxes. The Conservatives support further construction of nuclear reactors, which the Center Party and half of the Liberal Party oppose. All three parties want to reduce Sweden's exorbitant income taxes, but cannot agree on how else to pay for Western Europe's most expensive welfare state. The most likely prospect seemed to be either another feeble minority government led by Premier Ola Ullsten, head of the Liberal Party, or a wobbly Center-Liberal coalition. But the betting was that neither could last much beyond next March, when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: A Vote for Instability | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...financial blood bank for the company might be the $300 million strike fund built up by the United Auto Workers. After the contract settlement with General Motors two weeks ago, that fund will not be needed to pay picketing workers, and Chrysler may try to borrow from it This week Chrysler will open its own contract negotiations with the U.A.W., and ways in which the union might help the automaker will be discussed. U.A.W. President Douglas Fraser rules out using the $300 million kitty, but may accept partly deferred wage or benefit payments in return for a voice in management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Changeover Time at Chrysler | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...severe shortage of hopper cars and boxcars for carrying grain. Meanwhile, many of the railroads that serve the nation's agricultural heartland are failing. The Rock Island, for example, is bankrupt and has been in receivership for the past four years. The strike resulted from its inability to pay clerks and transportation workers $9 million in retroactive pay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Grounded Grain | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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