Word: reportedly
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Relations between Somoza and the U.S. government are currently undergoing severe strain. The Guardia Nacional's indiscriminate use of terror in the countryside, where the FSLN has its strongest base of support, is proving an embarrassment to Carter's "human rights" stance. A report released by Amnesty International last August concluded that "instances of political imprisonment, denial of due process of law, use of torture and summary executions" were extensive. Last month the State Department decided to withhold $12 million in economic assistance, although Congress did approve $3.1 million in military aid to the regime (with the encouragement of professional...
...Precisely $1 million in $50 and $100 bills was missing from one of the bank's subterranean vaults, and auditors kept combing the records to see if a bookkeeper had erred or a computer had skipped a digit. Finally, with much embarrassment, the bankers called the FBI to report that someone had made off with their greenbacks over the long, languid Columbus Day weekend...
...wouldn't be taking so many chances." He did not do so only because Bill Robertson, one of the owners of the mail service for which Lindbergh was flying, "came into my office in the Department of Commerce while I had on my desk the report [on that last bailout]. Bill persuaded me not to do it because he said they were still trying to get the last $2,000 or $3,000 to build the plane for you and if you were grounded for any reason they would never get the rest of the money." The plane that...
...arrangement intended to stabilize Russian grain purchases and do away with at least some of the secrecy surrounding them. Under the plan, Moscow is required to buy at least 6 million tons of U.S. grain every year; if its purchases rise above 8 million tons, it is supposed to report the fact to Washington...
...present version requires only that the President send to Congress short-and medium-term employment goals over the coming five years. In addition, the Federal Reserve Board would have to report on how monetary policy would fit into the jobs goal. The bill also calls for a strong commitment to "reasonable price stability," but sets no specific inflation targets...