Word: albatross
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Gross, never mind upstart antipodeans, was the dominant swimmer of the meet. He is a very tall, haunted-looking fellow whose nickname is the Albatross, and he soared above everyone else on air currents only he was able to find. He is 6 ft. 7½ in. tall and so thin he looks frail. His arm span, which on average should equal roughly his height, is an astonishing 7 ft. 4 in. He is the only male swimmer since Mark Spitz to hold world records in two strokes at the same time, and the combination of his success...
Lilco's albatross is its Shoreham nuclear power plant, completed in 1975 but inoperative since then because of lawsuits over safety and evacuation plans that would be used in case of an accident. Shoreham's cost was originally projected at $241 million, but the utility has already spent closer to $4 billion. The company loses about $1.5 million for each day that Shoreham's start-up is delayed...
...Reagan is reelected, he's got nothing to lose. If a Democrat becomes President, he sure doesn't want the deficit albatross around his neck when he runs again four years later." For once, tax increases, if wrapped in tax reform, could be good politics...
Together, the Jeep, the Alliance and a new sister car, the Encore, are finally giving AMC a broader appeal. Previous offerings, like the gremlin-plagued Gremlin and the Pacer, consistently missed that target. The well-built Alliance is also countering the legacy of another AMC albatross: poor quality. Indeed, the company's total sales could rise from last year's $3.3 billion to $4 billion in 1984, a lofty height never attained...
Miracle. The word hangs around the necks of the '84 squad like a talisman and an albatross. The new team has traded in the pre-Olympic obscurity of their gold-medal predecessors for celebrity with an uneasy edge-avid media attention, sold-out exhibition games and an offer to pose en masse for Vogue-all in the reckless anticipation that miracles can strike twice. It puts unholy pressure on the young skaters, some of whom had hardly begun shaving four years ago, when Jim Craig, Mark Johnson and the rest were working their legerdemain at Lake Placid...