Word: adopted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Responding to Pickens' move, the Boeing board last week adopted a so-called poison-pill defense, which would increase the amount of outstanding Boeing stock and thus effectively dilute the value of the shares a raider might own. Boeing management also huddled with Washington State's political leaders to discuss the possibility that the legislature might adopt emergency anti- takeover laws, as Minnesota and North Carolina did recently when local companies were pursued by outsiders. In Washington State, any threat to Boeing (total employment: 121,500) raises deep emotions. Moreover, Air Force Secretary Edward Aldridge said last week that...
...least some of the safety worries stem from the penurious attitude that airlines have been forced to adopt because of the low fares they have been charging. One area in which airlines may be tempted to cut back is aircraft maintenance, and several airlines -- among them American, Eastern and Pan Am -- have received hefty fines for violations of federal regulations. Even so, the FAA has been slow to step up its inspections in keeping with the growth of airline fleets, according to a General Accounting Office study published in May. From 1981 until 1983 the ranks of FAA inspectors actually...
...current slump does not necessarily signal the demise of American robotics. The industry is expected to perk up again by the end of 1988, partly because of increases in U.S. competitiveness caused by the falling dollar. Struggling American manufacturers have begun to adopt the electronic robot technologies of the Japanese and, like U.S. automakers, are moving their own assembly plants overseas to help cut costs. Above all, U.S. robotmakers have adjusted their own expectations of how the industry will perform in the future. "We're in a solid business with solid growth," says Bruce Haupt, a marketing manager...
...bring the Supreme Court back, after 25 years of wandering far from the meaning of the Constitution." Others contend that the Senate's constitutional responsibility to advise and consent does not extend to judgments of a candidate's philosophy. Says former Deputy Solicitor General Paul Bator: "If we adopt a political litmus test, our most distinguished members would fail...
There she stands, Miss Black America. With her impeccable face, sleek figure and supernova smile, she looks like a Cosby kid made in heaven. She stirs sentiments not of lust but of protectiveness and awe; everybody around wants to adopt her, escort her or be her. And now this perfect creature picks up a microphone. Oh. You mean she sings...