Word: bitted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...additional 50[cents] a ton off the delivered price: it came in at $24.85, 19% lower than last year's. Wynne says he trimmed the bid to the bone because the jobs of Mettiki's 260 non-union workers, 30% of whom live in West Virginia, were every bit as much at stake as the jobs across the Potomac River. The men who actually work at the face of the mine (as opposed to some maintenance and support workers on the "outside") receive wages and benefits comparable to those of Potomac's union men. But Mettiki was able to undercut...
...billionaire Paul Allen if you want a taste.) Inside this Beltway some grownups in their 20s and 30s are still obsessed with Captain Kirk. If they have any political interest, it's a lingering passion for Ayn Rand. And this Beltway's spectacular success keeps it, and them, every bit as isolated from the rest of the country as the Beltway at the other end of Highway 50. Neither Beltway has a monopoly on virtue. Each could be improved by knowing a bit more about the other...
...extraordinary White House session was spotted strolling down Pennsylvania Avenue, hands in his pockets. Asked whether he thought the unprecedented agreements were sincere, he paused, and nodded. "I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if behind them they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary kindness and a little lookin' out for the other fella...
...July 20, in which Moore acted as lead negotiator for several states. In his original lawsuit, filed in 1994, Moore sought $940 million for tax funds spend on smoking-related illnesses. At the time, the idea of a state suing the industry for health costs struck many as a bit of a reach. Having reeled in the national settlement, Moore clearly had the attention of the companies when they finally sat down to settle Mississippi's grievance...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: As any horrified European will tell you, Americans put out more trash than anybody else. But hearing that we throw away one-fourth of the 356 billion pounds of food produced each year in the United States is a bit daunting. According to a Agriculture Department study, food wasted in U.S. retail stores, restaurants and homes amounted to a whopping 96 billion pounds in 1995. Recovery of just five percent of that food would have provided enough for 4 million people to eat, the study estimates. Homes and restaurants accounted for the bulk of the waste: grocery stores...