Word: totality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interest in its merger partner. As a result of the deal, Time changed its name to Time Warner; the company will buy the remaining Warner shares for a combination of cash and securities under terms that the parties must determine within three months. The purchase price will include a total of $677 million in payments to 500 Warner employees to honor their pre-existing stock, options and bonus plans...
What the subcommittee found was that while the largest and most feared civilian bureaucracy (total employees: 123,000) routinely clamps down on its low-level miscreants, it is prone to ignore wrongdoing by members of its old- boy network. At the same time, IRS managers appear to be so concerned with the agency's public image that they would rather suppress whistleblowers than root out unethical and illegal activity. Last week's hearings explored the results of a year-long probe by the subcommittee, which found evidence of misconduct and cover-ups involving more than 25 top IRS officials...
...Bloch turned to the Soviets in < Vienna, it may have been out of frustration. A competent diplomat, but a dour, moody man, Bloch was deeply offended at having to serve under two inexperienced political appointees. He dismissed former Ambassador Helene von Damm as a "nut" and Lauder as a "total disaster." After returning to the U.S. in 1987, Bloch openly complained about not getting an ambassadorial post. If, however, he was recruited long ago in Berlin, the frustration theory might not hold...
...occupied territories. Last week the P.L.O. offered a new list of conditions for its participation. The various parties interpreted the list to serve their own political ends. Some, including members of Israel's Labor Party, considered Arafat's terms relatively moderate because he reportedly dropped a demand for the total - withdrawal of Israeli troops before elections take place. Others read the terms, such as the long-standing demand for an independent Palestinian state, as confirmation of Arafat's insufficient flexibility. Arafat, true to his own ambiguous style, conveniently chose to highlight his more rigid points to the Arab world...
...threat to its existence, not from hostile radar and missiles but from a newly skeptical Congress that has become increasingly alarmed over the plane's horrendous cost. By the Air Force's own calculations, each of the 132 B-2s it wants will cost more than $530 million, a total of $70.2 billion over the next decade. Already $23 billion has been spent on research and development. How, Congressmen wonder, can the most expensive weapons system ever built be reconciled with a shrinking defense budget...