Word: though
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Though rumors of the ailing 76-year-old ex-Premier's death had been circulating insistently in Moscow, the official communiqué had been postponed while the Kremlin leaders apparently considered how much posthumous praise should be accorded their late comrade. There was an inconvenient fact: Kosygin had died on the eve of Brezhnev's birthday, when the Soviet press traditionally publishes panegyrics to the Soviet President, now 74. When the birthday celebrations were over, Brezhnev and other Soviet leaders finally paid tribute to Kosygin with such ritual phrases as: "he labored selflessly for the good...
...Claudell Washington reportedly received $2.5 million over five years from the Atlanta Braves, despite a lifetime average of .279 and a seven-year home run total of 47. Texas Rangers Utility Infielder Dave Roberts received a new contract for more than $200,000 a year from the Astros, even though Houston officials admit that he will not be in the starting lineup...
Graber reckons that the average cost of redecorating a room may come to around $50,000, not including the art and antiques a client may want. Though that is what Congress allocates for each First Family's entire refurbishing, the Reagans need not worry about how to pay for their new digs. Extra bills can be paid out of the million fund. - By E. Graydon Carter. Reported by Michael Moritz/Los Angeles and Eileen Shields/Washington
...tight money policy at all. In Sprinkel's view, Volcker "aborted the recession last spring" by injecting money rapidly back into the economy to ease the downturn during an election year. Said Sprinkel: "I have been watching the Fed since Harry Truman's days, and though Presidents have no direct control over the Fed, the White House does have all sorts of subtle influences to help it get the sort of monetary policy it wants...
While the economic year ahead looks generally gloomy, the year now closing has been downright schizophrenic. From January through December, the nation's business indicators gyrated as though they were suffering from a case of St. Vitus's dance. Gold and stock markets soared and tumbled with regularity. Interest rates bounced wildly up and down...