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...discover new words derived from foreign tongues included in the latest edition of the venerable Academie Francaise dictionary. The academy, which has been the arbiter of standard French usage since 1635, added 912 new words to the new volume, or about a quarter of its contents. What will rile purists is that 75% of the new entries, while rooted in Greek or Latin, are based on English technical or scientific terms. Says Academy Member Henri Gouhier: "English, like all foreign languages, is both threatening and enriching...
...pray that the money keeps coming in. Though he takes a salary of only $49,500, the church provides him with a lovely 150-year-old home and use of the jet. Curiously, for all his pugnacity, Falwell has trouble confronting problems among his 2,200 employees. People who rile him are dropped into cold storage for months, not invited to meetings, or ignored when Falwell calls upon colleagues to offer prayers. He runs his church state like a monarch. Frequently at management meetings, when everyone is lined up to vote a certain way, and Falwell differs, the boss simply...
...things rile international businessmen more than the unitary tax, an accounting formula used in twelve American states, that considers a multinational corporation's worldwide operations when figuring its tax, rather than just its local ones...
...what it does not say as for what it does. At most, Reagan will announce only cosmetic steps to reduce the federal deficit, now estimated at roughly $185 billion for the 1985 fiscal year. He has ruled out pressing for deep cuts in spending this year: that would only rile voters to no avail, since Congress would reject the cuts anyway. The President also has decided against any significant tax increase this year, and might pledge publicly to oppose any boosts. But he also might calculate that such a vow, while it obviously has political appeal, could backfire...
...manner. According to the film, Miner liked opera, was the tolerant and understanding lover of an abrasive early feminist-photographer and never hurt anyone in the course of his depredation. On the other hand, his takings were minuscule, his life as a fugitive mostly hard. And he managed to rile the lawmen of two countries, who quickly truncated his second career...