Word: strausses
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...Reagan, Carter was poring through tedious White House telephone logs, appointment books, memos, documents and his personal daily diary. His ignominious task: preparing yet another report on his dealings with Brother Billy's outlandish escapade as a foreign agent for the radical Arab state of Libya. Conceded Robert Strauss, the President's shrewd campaign director: "It's sad and tragic and debilitating." Added Strauss: "I'm not a Billy man. I've had about all of Billy I need...
...grounds that his city had already absorbed 8,000 asylum seekers this year, at a cost of $12 million. Eventually, the refugees were given temporary shelter at an already overcrowded camp for asylum seekers in Bavaria-the only one of its kind in West Germany. But Franz Josef Strauss, minister-president (governor) of Bavaria, has warned: "We cannot continue to push these poor people around...
...Strauss and his fellow Bavarians have been pressing Bonn to build more of these camps to handle the immigrants as they arrive. The camps, built at federal expense, would reduce the financial strain on local governments. Last week the Bundesrat (upper house of parliament) instead moved to slow the increasingly burdensome influx of foreigners by passing a tough new set of regulations on asylum applications. Asylum seekers will not be eligible for work permits during their first year in West Germany, nor will family-support payments be made unless asylum has been confirmed. Judicial procedures will be streamlined, so that...
Peachum cannot flee this bunch fast enough; yet, pity the smug chuckler who patronizes this family: "You New York-Dutch-descended, probably wrong-Strauss-loving officer of some music society or civic uplift group," he snaps. "I'd like a peek at some of your Rorschachs, you old sofa-crack feeler, you. Slipping a palm furtively under cushions and into crevices as you fish for coins in other people's chairs in a fashion whose psychological symbolism is all too readily apparent, you cranny rummager, you wrong-Scarlatti admirer. You secretary-treasurer...
...that it can introduce new products and keep ahead of the pack. So far, Blue Ribbon has grown on the strength of reinvested profits with some limited outside backing, but in the near future it could be forced to go public or merge with a larger firm. Levi Strauss is rumored to be one possible partner; such a merger would complete Levi's mastery over the youthful wardrod of blue jeans and running shoes...