Word: clocks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lion emergency fund to supplement insurance for the savings and loan associations, but even that soon seemed inadequate in the face of mounting withdrawals. When he declared the bank holiday on Friday, Celeste explained that legislators and federal and state banking officials were working round the clock to formulate a plan to restore confidence in Ohio's financial institutions...
...even without Satellite weather charts or the sprouting of pollution coated leaves one sure sign of the season of gladness would still remain with the regularity of an atomic clock, the fashion industry would continue to churn out glossy pages announcing the newest spring in notations in asbestonsz trousers or the propel width of radiation suits...
...learned early, while the mind is still supple. Every cub reporter, for instance, knows that fires rage out of control, minor mischief is perpetrated by Vandals (never Visigoths, Franks or a single Vandal working alone) and key labor accords are hammered out by weary negotiators in marathon, round-the- clock bargaining sessions, thus narrowly averting threatened walkouts. The discipline required for a winter storm report is awesome. The first reference to seasonal precipitation is "snow," followed by "the white stuff," then either "it" or "the flakes," but not both. The word snow may be used once again toward...
...CLOCKS AND CALENDARS. Also selling well these days are some low-cost packages that equip personal computers with electronic versions of the aids found on conventional desktops: clocks, calendars, calculators, note pads, Rolodexes. Software that allows a PC owner to check the time, look up an address or remember an important luncheon appointment has been available for years. But switching from a clock to a Rolodex usually means shutting down one program and starting up another--a laborious exercise that generally is more trouble than it is worth. The key to these handy new programs is that they...
Some of those fears are justified. In Tucson last year, a drifter kidnaped an eight-year-old girl. She is still missing. After Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal was left open around the clock to accommodate the homeless on cold winter nights, commuters complained of being hassled and one man was found dead of head injuries. The terminal is now closed from 1:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. And in The Bronx three weeks ago, three men living at a shelter for the homeless were charged with kidnaping a doctor and torturing him for an hour before leaving...