Word: handed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Indeed, shortly after Waldheim left Tehran, the hostages' situation turned more ominous. The militants at the U.S. embassy demanded that Ghotbzadeh hand over to them U.S. Chargé d'Affaires L. Bruce Laingen, who has been held by the government at the Foreign Ministry. In a letter to Ghotbzadeh, the students said that Laingen "must provide some explanations about documents of espionage discovered in the nest of spies." In addition, the students announced that if the hostages are tried, Vietnamese representatives will be invited to attend. They claimed that one of the hostages, Air Force Lieut. Colonel David...
George Schneider, on the other hand, spends most of his time pining over his recently deceased wife, and after a while, it's clear that there is not much depth to his character, or to the story. Schneider is a novelist, the kind who writes 300 pages of a book without knowing where it's going, only partially because he's distracted by the loss of his wife. His brother Leo (impressively played by Joe Bologna) fixes him up with many women as he steps out into the world again, including a ghastly disco queen named Bambi. For George Schneider...
Authorities will have hand-held metal detectors available but there will be no airport-style metal detector at the door, largely because Boston school officials advised Rindge and Latin administrators that students waiting on line to pass through such devices might get into fights...
WATCH OUT, BISHOP, THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN, proclaimed one hand-painted poster, in a gibe at the biracial former government's Prime Minister, Bishop Abel Muzorewa, who will be the Front's main rival in the February elections. The raucous demonstration was both a sign of the guerrillas' broad-based popular support and a reminder of the volatile emotions that still threaten the fragile truce. "Zimbabwe out of the gun," rang an aggressive cheer...
There are 14,700 commercial banks in the U.S. Those that choose to join the Federal Reserve System are required to keep on hand non-interest-bearing reserves ranging from 7% of their checking deposits (for small banks) to 16.25% (for the biggest). Since today's high inflation began driving up the interest those reserves could be earning if the money were in Treasury bills or in the short-term money market, smaller Fed banks have been reconsidering the benefits of membership in the system. They are also feeling new competition from thrift institutions, which have got into...