Word: terme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Barry, a third-term mayor who began as a civil rights activist, has been beset by charges of drug use, consorting with drug dealers, misuse of public funds and adultery. Barry not only tainted his office with scandals, but apparently he has been ignoring his duties...
...cars in the nine months ending Sept. 30, which was 25% more than during all of 1987. One reason for the upsurge in bad loans is that auto lenders have gone after riskier customers, among them first-time car buyers and recent college graduates. Another problem is the longer term of today's auto loans: typically 48 or 60 months, instead of 36. Some buyers' cars fall in value faster than their loan balances, so they decide to give up the auto rather than...
...bikini is a generic term, but the original article has been custom-made in Paris ever since designer Louis Reard introduced his bombshell of a swimsuit in June 1946. Alas, last week the Reard boutique closed its doors. Reason: the sportswear company that now owns the swimwear line plans to sell off the rights to it for a seductive sum. Anyone for a plunge...
...ABOUT GOLF? Amin Gemayel is a man in search of a purpose. After his six- year term as President of Lebanon ended in September, Gemayel left the country because of pressure from the Phalangist militia once controlled by his murdered brother Bashir. Gemayel is now staying in Paris, where he receives visitors in a friend's well-guarded luxury apartment. A wealthy man, Gemayel talks vaguely of moving to the U.S. and taking English-language courses at Harvard...
...great extent, the long-term fate of the economy is up to the White House and Congress, while the short-term management rests in Alan Greenspan's hands. All three will have to tinker carefully and deliberately with the creaky recovery if they hope to get many more miles from it. The economy may have survived a stock-market crash in '87, but its ability to handle the tight corners and potholes of '89 and '90 cannot be taken for granted...