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Word: visas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concede the Hispanic vote, taking on the Texas heat, wearing a Mexican guayabera shirt and touting his own record of appointing Hispanics to office. In his enthusiasm, he made his gaffe-of-the-week, proposing that all Mexican aliens who want to work in the U.S. be given visas "for whatever length of time they want to stay." The Governor later retracted the notion, saying that procedures for documenting workers would have to be negotiated, with time periods set for each visa. Reagan's traveling entourage included enough clout to make even a Texan reel: former Governor John Connally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Throwing High and Inside | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

MasterCard and Visa bitterly fight the plastic money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Now It's the No-Credit Card | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

...situation while in Argentina, but one can't easily escape it either. Leaving the country is not an option for most people; in order to keep currency from leaving Argentina and to prevent political dialogue in other countries, the government is reluctant to let its citizens go abroad. Exit visa applications can wait as long as a year or two to be granted, but even then one cannot necessarily leave--passports still remain in government custody and often are not released. Frequently Argentines don't even bother to apply for one--out of fear. "I would do anything...

Author: By Judith E. Matloff, | Title: Somewhere in Argentina... | 9/17/1980 | See Source »

...becomes enamored of a swinging, unmarried friend of his wife's. Domesticity triumphs when the wife changes costumes, wigs and personalities to deflate the husband's romantic notions. Director Bliss Hebert wittily stages the action with an array of modish accouterments undreamed of by Schoenberg, including Visa cards and telephones with TV monitors; Maxine Willi Klein's sleek set looks like a sci-fi Better Homes and Gardens; and the cast, especially Soprano Mary Shearer as the wife, delivers a slyly spirited performance. Slight as it is, this is the kind of production that Schoenberg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bold Dissonance at Santa Fe | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

...company seeks a piece of virtually every financial transaction a client makes. With Merrill Lynch's Cash Management Account, a customer can now use a VISA card or personal check against his investment account. As a member of its Sharebuilder Plan, he can buy fractions of a stock share, through a bank, with $10 a month or less. For the executive on the move, Merrill Lynch Relocation Management will find a new house, buy it through its network of real estate brokers, help arrange financing by an affiliated bank or savings and loan and insure the mortgage through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Merrill Lynch's Marauding Herd | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

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