Word: bigger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps one reason the 1980s fostered entrepreneurship is that during the decade Big Business tended to grow even bigger as companies merged and improved already dominant positions. In industries as diverse as banking, airlines and brewing, the major companies increased their market share. That in turn presented the opportunity for upstarts to begin filling the niches too small to be noticed by the behemoths...
...sons on the path of righteousness. But as the last of the "Black Sox" died, the story dropped out of common consciousness. Now it is near impossible to find anyone under 40 who has heard of the Black Sox, let alone been moved by their tale. Grander thefts, bigger (and more successful) crooks, preoccupy our imaginations today...
James Baker (interrupting). That is so incorrect that I'd like to answer. What took us overnight -- we stayed up almost all night Wednesday, into the next day -- was an attempt to knock down rumor after rumor. That was a much bigger job than dealing with the underlying facts...
...passed on his last four jumps instead of taking a crack at Bob Beamon's coveted world record of 29 ft. 2 1/2 in. He also wants to dispel the image of the 1984 prima donna who sat by while his manager boasted that "we think Carl will be bigger than Michael Jackson." History plus Ben Johnson: a lot to concentrate the mind...
...live with their three daughters in Santa Monica and on a ranch in Montana. "What's so terrific about our marriage is Susan's support of my work," Bridges says. "Her name should be up in the credits along with mine." After Tucker, Susan may be demanding an even bigger screen credit. The movies' most reliable leading man is about to become a white-hot Hollywood star...