Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Avoid at all costs the roadstop restaurants with big signs and the word "LOBSTER!" in the title. They offer a lot of fried seafood and assemblyline service at prices not worth the trouble. Imagine the Harvard dining halls' fish pizziola with a $27.95 pricetag...
...call was between President Bush, who has promised his Administration will avoid even the "appearance" of wrong-doing; "ethics czar" C. Boyden Gray, who has been accused of violating ethics rules because he recently received money from his family business; and Secretary of Defense nominee John G. Tower, whom the Senate Armed Services Committee, headed by Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), refuses to confirm because of allegations of his drinking, womanizing, accepting illegal campaign contributions and consulting defense contractors after retiring from the Senate and the Armed Services Committee...
...avoid annihilation, Big Steel had to slash its costs. "Our labor alone put us out of the ball game," says USX Chairman David Roderick. In 1980 the U.S. industry's workers made $17.46 an hour, vs. $9.63 for their Japanese counterparts. Big Steel embarked on a wholesale payroll-cutting campaign in which 60% of the industry's 428,000 workers lost their jobs. Those who remained gave generous pay concessions. Last year U.S. steelworkers earned $22.63 an hour -- equal to $15.48 in 1980 dollars -- vs. $18.52 in Japan...
...Drug-sniffing dogs for the private sector," he says, beaming. "Parents could rent 'em to sniff out their kids' rooms to see if they're hiding drugs. Big businesses could use them to sniff out the desks of employees they suspect are using drugs. That would avoid all those constitutional questions about urine testing and lie detector tests." Jeff's eyes open wide and unblinking behind his thick-lensed glasses. "Whaddaya think...
...control the company in any way,"Scott said, explaining that the University wantedto avoid direct interest in a business agreementwith any of its faculty...