Word: 15th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...motorists don't seem very concerned with fuel economy. At Ford, a survey revealed that fuel economy ranks only 15th among the items considered by consumers today when purchasing a new vehicle. That attitude is reflected on the highways, where drivers of all types of vehicles are sacrificing fuel economy by taking full advantage of new, higher speed limits in many states. As a result of this national indulgence, industry experts estimate that third- and fourth-quarter consumption of gasoline this year will reach 8 million and 8.1 million bbl. a day, respectively, a 7.5% and 10% increase over last...
...Undergraduate Council honored three instructors for excellence in undergraduate teaching at its 15th annual Levenson Awards banquet on Monday night...
...Chinese imperial courts right down to the 19th century. In pottery, the innovation of blue glaze designs painted on a white ground belongs to the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1272-1368); but it reached its finest period under the later Ming Emperors in such objects as an early 15th century porcelain vase with a furious blue dragon galumphing around it, all its spikes and scales and fierce serpent rhythms contrasting with the suave, plump profile of the vase...
...hard to imagine where Jim Profit might have received his M.B.A., but whatever the school, it was a place where he learned the art of downsizing all too well. Profit, an intensely focused executive at Gracen & Gracen, the 15th largest company in the world, eliminates manpower with the sort of effectiveness AT&T's CEO Robert Allen might admire. When Profit wants someone out of the way, he might have him framed for selling contraband chemicals to Saudi terrorists or set him up for the murder of a subordinate who died of a heart attack--or both. And no outplacement...
...western Pacific, the Chinese military launched three M-9 ballistic missiles into waters near the ports of Kaohsiung and Keelung early Friday morning. The missiles were the first of a series of tests announced by the Chinese government on Tuesday, and are scheduled to continue until March 15th. Beijing called the launch simply routine, but the tests closely preceed Taiwan's election on March 23, which makes indimidating incumbent Taiwanese president and likely winner Lee Teng-hui a likely goal. "Its obvious that the Communists in Beijing are trying to scare the Taiwanese voters and candidates." says TIME's Bruce...