Word: staying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Peech, a 31-year-old farmer from the Macheke district, east of Salisbury, was a third-generation Rhodesian and as such a colonial aristocrat. Nonetheless, he believed that white farmers like himself could stay, survive and flourish in a black-ruled Zimbabwe. A longtime critic of Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front party, Peech had organized several meetings with Macheke's tribesmen and informally had tried to work out a cease-fire with black national guerrillas in the district. Last week Tim Peech had become another grim statistic in Rhodesia's bloody civil war. While working the bush...
...approval from the International Monetary Fund for $750 million in loans from a consortium of Western countries, Scares' government agreed to strict austerity measures that have drastically raised the price of food, transportation, fuel and other necessities. The wages of urban industrial workers have barely managed to stay ahead of the spiraling prices; rural workers are now worse off in terms of purchasing power than they were before the 1974 revolution. Nor are economic matters expected to improve soon. This year, to meet IMF austerity guidelines, Portugal was expected to limit economic growth to 3% vs. last year...
After he was dismissed, Soares said he felt that his governing responsibilities and those of the cabinet were ended. But Eanes promptly issued a decree ordering Soares and the cabinet to stay in their posts as a caretaker government until another was formed...
Lyle Gramley, a member of President Carter's Council of Economic Advisers, says: "I still think we'll see a strong third quarter, but inflation is the key to future consumer action. If inflation shows signs of tapering, as we are expecting, then consumer purchases should stay up." Adds a prominent Government economist: "We won't really know what is happening until Christmas. My real fear is that the consumer just can't handle 7% to 8% inflation...
...every month to workers who are punctual. Reichhold Chemicals' fiberglass manufacturing division in Irwindale, Calif, offers half an hour's extra pay for each week a worker completes a full shift without illness or absence. The bonuses are called "sweet pay" (for Stay at Work, Earn Extra...