Word: safe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...franc, the Swiss National Bank tried to slow down the flow by imposing a 10% quarterly negative interest rate on large nonresident accounts in Swiss banks. But most institutions got around the rule by accepting this nervous money in "fiduciary" (trust) accounts to be invested in Eurodollar deposits-a safe investment yielding modest returns. The safety of the investments was crucial, since by Swiss law the banks could not issue guarantees on the accounts without incurring a 35% withholding...
...wants to stay there, had better respond to every threat and challenge. The "veep" supervises internal affairs, especially dues and initiation rituals; the "war counselor" plans the "ripoffs" and "gang-hits" and commands the "gestapo" squads, which consist of the enforcers; the "armorer" keeps the weapons functioning in a safe place such as an abandoned building or a girl friend's apartment. Even automatic and semiautomatic firearms-like M-16s and M-15s-can be bought or stolen. Also available for bigger bashes are hand grenades many decibels above the zip guns of the old days...
Even though I am the mother of two small children, I cannot begin to understand Anita Bryant's reasoning regarding homosexual rights. She is so worried about homosexuals serving as teachers. Quite frankly, I believe that if my son is not safe in a classroom with a male homosexual teacher, then surely my daughter is not safe with a male heterosexual teacher...
...sweeping principle was established by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973. But last week the court seriously compromised and restricted its edict. By a vote of 6 to 3, the Justices held in effect that the only women who can be certain of being able to have a medically safe abortion are those who can afford to pay for one. State and local governments, said the court, can choose whether or not to finance the abortions of needy women for nontherapeutic reasons-conditions that do not endanger their health...
Cancer of Poverty. The fight will center around the familiar Medicaid program, which is jointly financed by the states and the Federal Government and needs the approval of both levels to work. Medicaid is the main way for welfare recipients to get safe abortions in the U.S.; it accounts for nearly a third of the 1 million or so operations performed annually. The court's ruling is already being hailed as a great victory for the forces determined to move Medicaid out of the abortion business. It removes any constitutional cloud over the decision of 15 states to deny...