Word: spent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagans had no comment Sunday afternoon as they alighted from the helicopter that brought them from Camp David, Md., where they had spent the weekend. Reagan pointed to his ear, indicating he could not hear questions shouted at him by reporters; Mrs. Reagan appeared cool and unsmiling, but said nothing...
...group of active members of the graduating class solicits fellow undergraduates for contributions to the Senior Class Gift. These budding fundraisers tell seniors that their contribution, whether it be $10, $50 or $500, is an appropriate way to thank Harvard for four wonderful years. The money will be spent only in the College and can be earmarked for specific projects such as scholarships. Seniors are also told that any misgivings some of them might have about Harvard's investment policy regarding South Africa should not trouble them, as contributions to the class gift do not go into the endowment...
...winning the war on their own. They admitted as much when they decided to negotiate with the Sandinistas as soon as the Congress cut off aid earlier this year. The negotiations have been warmly welcomed by most everybody in Central America except for the Reagan administration, which has spent years trying to prevent such a disaster. Reagan doesn't want the war to stop until Nicaragua is crippled or submits...
Eric, now 18, estimates that in two years he spent $40,000 on crack. At first he supported his habit with $200 a week earned from an after-school job delivering pizzas to big tippers in Westwood. As his habit became more expensive, he began forging checks and filching money from the wallets of his divorced parents. In eleventh grade, he flunked all his classes but still continued his trips to Venice. "It was scary all the time now," Eric recalls. "I would sit in the van needing a hit, but couldn't stop looking out the window...
...year trek through South America, she stumbled into a nightmare involving Peruvian officials and Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), the shadowy, Maoist-oriented guerrilla group committed to overthrowing the Lima government. Her terrifying sojourn ended two weeks ago, as abruptly as it had begun, but not before she had spent four months in a prison, where she lived alongside members of one of the world's most secretive rebel groups...