Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During the first seven months of his administration, Bush had some legislative victories, most recently his Savings and Loan industry bailout plan, which both Houses approved with only minor changes...
There were no injuries among the 47 passengers and seven crewmembers on the Boeing 727, according to Trump Shuttle officials...
...elevator in front of us. He was Black and well-dressed, probably in his early 20s. Two women, who were also Black, entered the now-crowded box and stood in front of us. The man pushed a button and the doors closed on the seven of us. We were lined up, divided racially in rows with my three friends and myself behind the three strangers. The woman in front of me reached over and pushed a button for the third floor...
Jaruzelski offered Walesa seven of 21 Cabinet posts, including Deputy Prime Minister and the ministries of health, industry, environment and housing. Again Walesa refused, on the grounds that only a Solidarity government would have enough support to carry out the tough austerity measures needed to ease Poland's economic crisis. A junior role in a coalition government would implicate Solidarity in that crisis without giving it the means to bring about significant change. "By remaining in opposition," said Walesa, "we can make sure that the government doesn't leave the road to reform...
...seven years since its debt crisis first erupted, Mexico has struggled to make the economic reforms demanded by its creditors. The government has broken up some state monopolies, curbed subsidies and imposed such severe austerity measures that the country's standard of living has fallen below what it was a decade ago. Yet Mexico's economy has stagnated, largely because of its crushing debt burden (current total: $100 billion...