Word: bargain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this was a sign of Clinton Administration policy, then it was unwelcome news for U.S. trading partners. By imposing tariffs of 27% on steel imports from 19 countries, the Commerce Department signaled that it will no longer allow offshore producers to dump bargain-rate steel into the American market. But the action, which affects $2.6 billion worth of steel annually, was the work of civil service members at the department and does not necessarily reflect Clinton's views. Canada, nonetheless, quickly imposed a countertariff on steel from...
...grand jury won't buy a plea bargain on toxic dumping...
...rock-bottom. Using only fuel-thrifty 737s, it concentrates on flying large numbers of passengers on high-frequency, one-hour hops directly from city to city, rather than funneling them through the elaborate hub-and-spoke systems of its larger rivals. The lack of amenities enables it to offer bargain fares (average: $58) that undercut others and allow Southwest to quickly dominate most new routes it enters. Boasts CEO and co-founder Herb Kelleher: "We've created a solid niche -- our main competition is the automobile. We're taking people away from Toyota and Ford...
Assistant city manager Palmer has not budgeted for evil, but neither has he made a classic Faustian bargain. How could he? In a universe where God is only curious, the devil is certainly bored, at least with Five Oaks. To convey this sense of abandonment and emptiness without losing the reader is not easy. Shadow Play could have turned into another clever existential dead end. But Baxter fills the void with a hundred human touches, a style as intimate as chamber music, and a hero who rouses himself to reject the banality that hoohah happens...
...offered debut performances at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, a busy concert schedule, an $80,000-a-year teaching job at the State University of New York at New Paltz and a recording contract with Sony Classical. The recording contract, however, turned out to be a Faustian bargain: the pianist was expected to concentrate on the powerhouse Russian composers -- Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev -- rather than the Germans who were closer to his soul. Feltsman's constant chafing at the Russian fare, compounded by disappointing record sales, led Sony to drop his contract after two years...