Word: payments
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thus, without a shot being fired, a tiny nation that had long prided itself as being the showplace of democracy in South America joined the growing list of military-dominated dictatorships on the continent. Uruguayans bitterly called the takeover "the last payment in our installment-plan coup." In fact, it did not come as much of a surprise. The armed forces, which ten years ago were no larger than the Montevideo fire department, were beefed up in the late '60s to cope with the daring raids of the Tupamaro guerrillas. Not long after Bordaberry, a conservative rancher, became President...
...system is somewhat complicated. Using his home or office phone, the customer must first punch a seven-digit number to get access to the computer, then enter his personal identification number, then another code number for the bill-payment service, then a fourth code number for the company to receive the payment, then a fifth number to indicate the amount of the transaction (all numbers are kept secret between the bank and the telephone users). A computer-simulated "voice" confirms each step of the transaction over the phone, so that a customer runs no great risk of paying somebody else...
...Bill. Bill payment is only one service that the touch telephone user can command from the computer. By entering different combinations of numbers, an account holder can have the computer calculate twice-monthly and year-to-date totals for his household expenses; check his addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in figuring out accounts; send him biweekly reminders of important dates coming up; or even figure out his estimated federal income tax and send him, between...
...upheld the complaint of two women who transferred to the University of Connecticut, took up residence there, registered to vote and got drivers' licenses, but still had to pay $625 per semester as against $175 for state residents. If universally applied, equality of payment would wreak havoc in many state universities, but the Supreme Court did not go that far. While not officially ruling on the broad issue, Justice Potter Stewart declared: "We fully recognize that a state has a legitimate interest in protecting and preserving the quality of its colleges and universities and the right...
...doubted, also, whether "there's any political mileage in making those people net beneficiaries. You could give them a lower net tax payment. But once you go over to positive payments, you lose all the excitement of that proposal," she said...