Word: canadas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...games are also popular abroad. Dittler Bros. printed a total of 50 million tickets in 1984 for Argentina, Australia, Canada and Israel. Says Robert Mote, a vice president of Scientific Games: "People everywhere like to know if they are winners--immediately...
...warmup for its American offensive, Hyundai last year introduced its Pony subcompact into Canada, anticipating sales of no more than 5,000 cars in the first year. Thanks largely to its attractive base price of just $4,600 (in U.S. dollars), Pony sales topped 25,000, or 11% of the Canadian import market...
American auto-industry experts say that the biggest task facing the Koreans will be to manufacture cars that meet U.S. standards. Despite remarkable strides in the past few years, Korean automakers still lag behind Japan and the U.S. in quality production. The fits and finishes on Canada's Pony, for example, are below par. Says Chrysler Vice Chairman Gerald Greenwald: "They've got the will. The question is if they have the ability." Hyundai officials admit they have a long way to go. Said H.B. Suh, an executive at the plant in Ulsan: "We are still trying to improve...
Besides Navratilova and Lendt, other seeds posting second-round victoria, Thursday were number four Anders Jarvard and number eight Joskim Nystorm, both of Sweden, in the men's division, and number seven Hans Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia number 10 Carling Bawnt of Canada, number 11 Bonale Goduck, number 14 Paunt Casalle and number 15 Catarium Lindopris of Sweden among that women...
...that ended as the '80s began. The 1981-82 recession hit farmers along with virtually everyone else. Their exports were then hurt by the strong dollar and stiff competition from growers in such places as Canada, Europe and Argentina. By 1983 U.S. agricultural sales abroad had tumbled, and land values, which serve as collateral for loans, were dropping fast. The price of Midwestern acreage fell 15% last year and is expected to decline an additional 8% this year. Notes George Irwin, chief economist for the Farm Credit Administration: "The security supporting farmers' loans is disappearing at the same time...