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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Demonstrations also broke out it other cities, including Mandalay. Witnesses and other reports said a total of about 150 people, including 17 soldiers, had died in the violence that swept Burma after Sunday's coup...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burmese Troops Fire on Demonstrators | 9/20/1988 | See Source »

...Washington, the Reagan administration said it was reviewing assistance programs to Burma that total $14 million annually to determine whether aid should be cut off in light of the coup and violence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burmese Troops Fire on Demonstrators | 9/20/1988 | See Source »

...asks that the defendants be forced to return profits they made from the alleged scams, along with any losses they avoided, plus a fine of triple that total. The complaint leaves the court to calculate that number, but estimates put it as high as several hundred million dollars. If Drexel and company lose the case, the SEC could also impose penalties ranging from censure to banishment from the securities business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Throwing The Book At Drexel | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...growing Touch-Tone emporium of services ranging from the practical to the kinky. Customers can call for soap- opera updates, used-car prices, stock quotes, sex fantasies or rock-concert schedules. Prices run from as little as 50 cents a call to nearly $5 for the first minute. Total revenues are expected to reach $450 million this year, up 50% from 1987. While the industry has already encountered a legislative clampdown that could limit the use of dial-a-porn and party lines, investors believe legitimate caller-paid services have huge growth potential. "This is a hot, faddish business right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Ever Said Talk Was Cheap? | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...porn and party lines. Phone companies will usually forgive one month's charges if a customer claims the calls were placed by a child. As a result of these givebacks, some of the upstart phone services are facing uncollectible bills amounting to as much as 30% of their total revenue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Ever Said Talk Was Cheap? | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

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