Word: reaping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dragnet had proved effective in snagging another suspect, this time outside the Boesky ring. Israel Grossman, a 34-year-old Manhattan lawyer, was charged with sharing information about a Colt Industries stock buy-back with at least six friends and relatives. His telephone tips allegedly enabled them to reap $1.5 million in profits on their investments of just...
...imagine that you survive the trip and arrive in the United States ready to reap the benefits of the American Dream. It's summertime and you find a job in California's San Joaquin Valley, which is rich in agriculture. You're working 10-12 hours a day, picking grapes and tree fruit in temperatures that rise above 100 degrees for weeks at a time. You're making minimum wage and workers' benefits like medical insurance and sick-leave are unheard...
...what is Dreamtime's Statement? Beats me, The Songs are obviously about something: "Nice in Nice," "Too Precious," and the creatively titled "You'll Always Reap What you Show" are all clearly about materialism, for example. They don't actually comment on materialism; they are merely about materialism...
...genuine land reform package is likely to threaten many powerful interests and, unless handled with a subtlety uncharacteristic of the present regime, will be watered down beyond recognition by the time the peasant farmers might reap any benefits. Meanwhile, the only consensus concerning the American military bases is that the U.S. doesn't pay enough for what it gets...
...their risk of developing heart disease. Teens are cutting back on tobacco, but 18% of senior high school boys and 21% of senior girls still smoke one or more cigarettes every day. Warns Dr. Kenneth Cooper, founder of Dallas' Aerobics Center: "What's happening to our kids now will reap adverse effects in ten to 15 years...