Word: badness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Also its "commitment program" has proved very useful to colleges participating in government sponsored loan programs because they can sell bad loans to Sallie Mae and avoid getting burned by delinquent alumni...
...just so hard to move out there tonight," Princeton Coach Pete Caril said. "Everywhere you went there was someone... Their zone was in there packed tight. It was bad. We just couldn't get them out of there...
While Detroit liked 1983, this year should be even better. Sales in January, usually slowed by bad weather, were up 41% from a year ago. That pushed the sales rate on an annual basis to 10.25 million vehicles, and auto executives are saying that 1984 sales of 10.5 million cars are possible. Last October they forecast sales of only 10 million. Indeed, Detroit's carmakers could earn as much as $9 billion this year. Even AMC is anticipating that it will make money. Said GM's Smith: "Our recovery could be even stronger than we've predicted...
...early ratings turned out to be almost as bad as the weather. On Tuesday, the first night of prime-time coverage, ABC drew only 18% of the audience, vs. 36% for NBC and 20% for CBS. The opening ceremonies on Wednesday attracted a more gratifying but still modest 27% share of viewers, vs. 26% for NBC and 25% for CBS. Thursday, ABC News and Sports President Roone Arledge, on the scene in Sarajevo, canceled a third hour of coverage because of the shortage of events, and the network's share dropped to about 21%. Said Joel Segal, executive vice...
...Marge Hogan, farm daughter whose two older brothers are killed in World War II. She spends her working hours in a sea of white feathers and turkey droppings, and her free time at the Cove Café, where a desperate young woman might select the best from a bad lot of rude and scruffy locals...