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...doesn't work that way in the airline business. You cannot inventory a backlog and slow down production for a while. We make our product every day. If you reduce capacity, your costs rise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Fired a Dog To Save a Buck: ROBERT CRANDALL | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

...offered the immunization clinic in an attempt to eradicate the immunization backlog on campus. The clinic offered measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus and diphtheria shots...

Author: By Julie-ann R. Francis, | Title: 2000 Still Need Innoculations | 10/11/1991 | See Source »

...what he will do about a range of food-safety issues, such as fish inspection, food additives and pesticide residues. Drugmakers are still waiting for the FDA to break the logjam of new drug applications. Approval currently can take as long as three years, and there is a backlog of 271 drugs waiting for FDA action. But Kessler remains confident. "There's nothing that isn't manageable," he says. So far, he's done a good job of making that sound credible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man with the Plan | 7/15/1991 | See Source »

...liberate the oil-rich country. With that much money at stake, companies around the world began battles of their own long before the shooting war ended, fighting over contracts for everything from hospitals to refineries in one of history's largest reconstruction jobs. "This provides an almost unlimited backlog of good, profitable work," says John Dosher, a Houston energy consultant. "It's a potential gold mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Devastation: Rebuilding a Ravaged Nation | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...Vanities, says the demand for his suits with "a very smart, small waist, nice and snug off the hips with a full chest," is "increasing, but we just haven't got the men to meet it. There are no tailors around. I've got an eight- to nine-month backlog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonfire of The Business Suits | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

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