Word: ruff
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that loves to feed in turbulent waters. Many homeowners hunkered down to ride out the storm. "If they're crazy enough to stay on the beach, then we're going to ask them for the names of their next of kin," said one frustrated police officer. Cornelia Ruff, 70, a retired secretary, said she was staying "to protect my property." Her home, built in 1894, has withstood all the storms since, including the unnamed but unforgettable 1900 hurricane that killed 6,000 people in Galveston. Ann Ferguson, 40, a Galveston museum director, remarked on the curious effects...
...changes reflected the strength of opponents who attacked the increase as a bailout for major Western banks that have lent some $300 billion to developing countries. Declared Howard Ruff, founder of Free the Eagle, a 60,000-member group that spent more than $600,000 to fight the measure: "Every penny of the IMF money will flow right back to the banks, and they shouldn't be rewarded for getting us into this mess." Nader took a similar tack. Said he of the IMF'S activities: "The net effect is to allow large banks to pass off loan...
Veteran White house correspondence Judy Wood ruff spoke out last night at the Institute of polities against what she described as aback of depth in media coverage of national stories...
Addressing about 130 spectators in a Kennedy School Classroom, Wood ruff emphasized television's enlarged role in the national media. "We're in a different era for television now, it has become predominant national media coverage". she said, adding that "the Whole White House press schedule is geared to television...
...Wood ruff said," the average length of a story on the Today show is only one minute and ten seconds, and on the evening news shows it's only one and a half minute. "adding,' It's very difficult boil a story down to that amount of time. What we really need is more reporting on back ground issues show the stories, like how policies are carried...