Word: bigger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...computer manufacturer. Since the beginning of the year, IBM's stock has risen 10.4%, to 135 3/4. Hewlett-Packard, another computer firm, has gone up 9.2%, to 37, and National Semiconductor, which makes silicon chips for computers, has increased 13.7%, to 13 1/2. Investors have scored even bigger gains with stocks in companies that produce machine tools, which climbed 21% in January, and shares in hospital-management firms, up 17%. Not surprisingly, brokerage houses stand to profit handsomely from the running of the bulls. Stock in Merrill Lynch has jumped 25.5% in 1985, to 33 7/8, while Paine Webber...
...bigger the ribbon is, the bigger the statement will be," said Abigail Jones, a state coordinator of the project who also works in Harvard's financial aid office. "This idea is just taking off around the country. We originally thought we'd just be able to go around once, but the idea seems to be so attractive to people who aren't normally involved in peace movements that we've had a huge response," Jones said, adding that there are already enough segments made to wrap around the Pentagon three times...
...Crimson might have the talent to beat the Elis and Bruins, but the bigger question is whether it has the experience...
Patterson's switch from legislator to lobbyist is an increasingly attractive choice for Congressmen who have lost or given up their seats. Reluctant to sever family and social ties in Washington, lured by bigger money than they could earn back home, they cash in on their Government experience and contacts by becoming advocates for industries, unions, trade groups and special interests of all stripes. Robert McGlotten, president of the American League of Lobbyists, estimates that as many as 200 retired Congressmen represent clients around the Capitol. "The Hill is crawling with them," says Nancy Drabble, director of the consumers' lobby...
...Wall Street, American's move looked like an attempt to get out in front of the competition by jumping off a cliff. Many airlines are already losing money, and discount fares may mean bigger losses. Stock prices of all the large airlines that joined in last week's fare war fell sharply. American went down 2 7/8 points to 34 1/4, while United dropped from 47 5/8 to 43 7/8. Even shares of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, the two major civilian aircraft manufacturers, were hurt, since the fare war may cut demand for planes by driving some carriers...