Word: actualizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Though the President calculated that his proposals would slash spending by $48.6 billion, the committee staff estimated the actual reduction at $42.9 billion. Of that, $8.8 billion is to be saved by administrative actions, leaving $34.1 billion, by committee arithmetic, that Congress is being asked to chop...
Though they are willing to invest heavily in automation and productivity, Japanese managers are tightfisted when it comes to spending on actual buildings, which they view as little more than shells required to keep out the rain while the work goes on inside. Japanese plants are constructed so that they can be expanded or redesigned with ease to accommodate new production techniques or additional assembly lines. After a few years the factories can be razed if necessary...
...jurist, Chief Justice Warren Burger, warned last month about the "reign of terror in American cities" and bitingly asked: "Are we not hostages within the borders of our own selfstyled, enlightened, civilized country?" Some criminologists answer that the fear of becoming a victim of crime is greater than the actual risk, but no one denies that the fear is real. Proclaimed the Figgie Report, a privately funded study of crime in the U.S.: "The fear of crime is slowly paralyzing American society." Observes Houston Police Chief B.K. Johnson: "We have allowed ourselves to degenerate to the point where...
...trampoline workouts allow Walker to guide team members step by step through each new dive and stop them periodically to demonstrate proper form. The intricate system of pulleys, weights and belts makes this the safest way to instruct divers before they attempt actual execution from the boards...
...means megalomania in English-is also full of harmless hangers-on, who argue for hours about the genius of some current exhibit, or the outrage of a brash new painter. But to learn anything about art at the Grossenvahn, you should be quiet and listen to the people of actual achievement who frequent the cafe. They will be your best teachers in Munich because there are no summer courses or supervised museum programs offered anywhere...