Word: spend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...London, Nixon will spend virtually an entire day with Prime Minister Harold Wilson, probably with time out for tea with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. One particular area of concern to Wilson is U.S. cooperation in advancing Britain's nuclear technology. The British would like to fit multiple-target nuclear warheads to their Polaris missiles, as the U.S. has already done with some of its intercontinental missiles. Since the U.S. is increasingly sensitive to French charges of favoring Britain with nuclear know-how that it denies to others, the British regard the warhead question as a key indicator...
...that those who have been charged will appeal. The first step of the complicated but fairly liberal review procedure is the staff judge advocate, who can approve the sentence, reduce, or dismiss it. From there it goes to Washington. All this takes time, of course, which the accused must spend in prison, since there is no provision for bail in military law. However, despite the rigmarole of court-martial, there is little likelihood that any of the convicted "mutineers" will spend anything like 15 years in jail...
...Brazilians, it is an expensive affair. The poor spend a good deal of money on their fantasias and work diligently on them all year long, looking forward to the great day when they come down from their hills to take over the city's avenues. Says one favelado: "Those who never work begin to work for their costumes. Washerwomen take on twice their normal work load, and even thieves steal more. In the end, everybody works double." The rich too pay for their fun. Brazilian Couturier Evandro Castro Lima is working on ten dazzling fantasias for society women...
Opposition Up. What would happen if broadcast advertising were indeed restricted? The networks would,stand to lose about $200 million in revenues (11% of their total), the bulk of which the manufacturers would probably channel elsewhere. Most likely, they would spend part of it-but not all-in other media. They would also invest some in further diversification and spend more for coupons and contests. They might even increase their budgets for scientific research into smoking and health...
Putting a cursory make on a lovely blonde English major named Tobey (Yvette Mimieux), Quigley (Christopher Jones) finds a pleasant way to spend his summer vacation. When the fall term arrives, however, his libido is once again diverted. While still dating Tobey, Quigley also beds a beautiful black fox named Eulice (Judy Pace). Commuting on his Yamaha between Tobey and Eulice, he meets Jan (Maggie Thrett), a freaked-out flower child who tempts him with "magic brownies" and wins his heart by asking, "Do you think it's possible to be Jewish and psychedelic at the same time...