Word: somes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There has been one scandal that adds up to major marks. The Politburo's once powerful economic czar, Guntar Mittag, and Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, a shadowy financial dealer and former state secretary for foreign trade, are suspected of helping divert to Swiss bank accounts tens of millions of dollars' worth...
But the suddenness of Poland's great leap may create new problems, even as it seeks to solve old ones. The country lacks economic institutions that took centuries to develop in the West: it has no stock exchange, no commercial banks, little experience in the rough-and-tumble of a...
Rising home prices may not pay for Junior's education or Senior's retirement. Some real money may need to be set aside as well.
Well, maybe not big Senior Baseball business. The eight S.P.B.A. owners, each of whom staked a reported $850,000 for the first season, are not expecting quick profits. With some games attracting as few as 100 paying customers, a team or two may fold before the scheduled February play-offs...
It is the season when movies are ablaze with self-importance, urging us to contemplate, through various fictive metaphors, the great issues of our time. And, by the way, to spare some kindly thoughts for the high-mindedness of their makers and their worthiness for Oscar nominations.