Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...former personal aide to both King George VI and the present Queen. Her maternal grandmother, Lady Fermoy, is a lady in waiting to the Queen Mother. Said a consultant to Burke's Peerage, the Who's Who of British aristocracy: "There cannot be another family so stiff with royal connections...
...admire. Operating within only the broadest of federal guidelines, it permits individual states to determine who is eligible for its benefits, and lets the states decide how much doctors, hospitals and nursing homes can collect for the services they render. Georgia is one of the most tightfisted: it has stiff eligibility requirements and ranks 46th among the 50 states in Medicaid funds received annually from Washington, even though it is 13th in the population ranking of the states. Despite such frugality, Georgia expects to share in Reagan's proposed Medicaid cutbacks that would amount to more than $5 billion...
...pioneers of the small computer business will also soon face stiff competition from the Japanese, who will begin landing their first machines in the U.S. this spring. Commodore Founder Jack Tramiel warned a group of executives recently: "Gentlemen, the Japanese are coming." Representatives of Hitachi, Toshiba, Mitsubishi and NEC (Nippon Electric) have all paid calls on U.S. retailers to find out what products Americans want and how much they are prepared to pay. The Japanese are expected to enter the market with state-of-the-art machines that will be cheaper than competing American products. The first arrival is likely...
...quota system the Review adopted two weeks ago in an attempt to insure increased representation of minorities and women met with stiff opposition from some Review editors...
...Stevenin, and Tom Berenger play Shannon's mates. Each is tough, gutsy, and grittily charming. There are next to no actesses in the film; the one love scene takes about 45 seconds. Though he plays another stock character--the hard-drinking British journalist--Colin Blakely turns in an entertaining stiff-upper-lip performance, which is matched by Hugh Millais' portrayal of Simon Endean, Mr. International Capital. "But this presidency has been all bought and paid for," he protests at the movie's end, as he stands impeccably dressed in a sea of blood and gore...