Word: bigger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When FBI agents arrested an armed-robbery suspect after a shootout in a Portland, Ore., motel last month, they got a bigger break than they realized at the time. Last week FBI ballistics experts confirmed that among the weapons found in Suspect Gary Lee Yarbrough's home in Sandpoint, Idaho, was the 45-cal. mac-10 submachine pistol used last June to murder Alan Berg, a combative and controversial Denver radio talk-show host. Yarbrough denied the killing, insisting that he was given the weapon after the shooting. At week's end he had not been charged...
There were dogs as large as Welsh ponies; of one particular Newfoundland, an announcer said, "A pleasant giant and a wonderful dog for those fortunate enough to have the space." There were dogs so inconsequential in size they were scarcely bigger than the word dog. There were dogs with names as long as a snake, and with a similar disposition. There were hair balls all over the floor. There was no mange...
...FACE IT: Pinter is hard to pull off. Not only do Pinter plays often seem ambiguous to even the most erudite audience, but his plays pose an even bigger challenge for the director and cast. Pinter's "Old Times" utilizes his notion of people's memory of the past, a hazy past to which we may make scattered visits, returning with fragments of truth and fantasy which both enlighten and obscure our perception. It takes talent to overcome Pinter's irresolute narrative. This "Old Times" production avoids the temptation to didactically force feed its "message" to the audience, but instead...
...judging from shopper turnout so far, they say that for sales holiday season '84 will be even bigger than holiday season '83. "The economy's better and people are feeling optimistic and buying larger ticket items," says Sales Promotion Director Sandra M. Pochapin...
Humana (fiscal-year 1984 revenues: $2.6 billion) is the most aggressive of the companies that believe medicine is a calling for businessmen as well as doctors. But though it has 91 hospitals in 22 states and three foreign countries, Humana is not the largest hospital chain. Still bigger, for example, is Hospital Corp. of America (estimated 1984 revenues: $4.2 billion). Last year Humana had profits of $193 million, up from $41 million...