Word: barrelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Drexel announcement lifted some of the secrecy surrounding the next Apple to come out of the barrel. The machine, which Drexel has nicknamed "Apple D.U.," will reportedly weigh only about 24 lbs. and be as portable as a small TV. Yet it will be able to store more than 64,000 bytes of memory and will have many of the advanced features of the much more expensive Lisa (price: $10,000). One of the attributes that led Drexel to choose the new Apple was its ease of use. The MacIntosh is not expected to be unveiled until late this year...
Cartos Romero-Barrel Governor on Puerto Rica, said the agreed with many of Herrion's points, but added that the way to light for equity is to demand the full rights of statehood. And Ruffle Human in Colon, governor of the commonwealth from 1973 to called for economic last moment under the aegis of commonwealth hood...
...state capital of Charleston, Democratic Governor Jay Rockefeller had proposed a modest jobs program to the state legislature, which the lawmakers, unable to reach an agreement on, tabled before they recessed in mid-March. And he is earmarking $10 million, which he saved by slashing pork-barrel projects from the state budget, for jobs. Such action would come none too soon for towns like Gary that are hanging on by a string of hope. Nearly half of Gary's municipal employees have been laid off and the rest have been reduced to four-day work weeks...
...with the capital or a gambler's nerves, is low-cost ventures that can make even cheap energy pay off. Argues Sanford McCormick, president of Houston-based McCormick Oil & Gas Co.: "At today's costs, there's nothing wrong with the exploration business at $28 a barrel. I'll take that any time...
...dealer picked up a gun, cocked it and placed the barrel against Jay Tarver's temple. "If you don't do this," the dealer said, nodding toward four neat rows of cocaine gleaming on a round mirror, "I'll kill you." So Tarver, an undercover narcotics officer on the Houston police force, leaned over the old oak desk and snorted his first "rail" of coke. The high was a revelation, one Tarver still remembers with vivid longing...