Word: comeback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Terrier comeback...
...Crimson comeback...
...Comeback complete...
After years of clanking toward the scrap heap, Big Steel is staging an impressive comeback. Last week USX said the operating profits at its steel division reached $501 million in 1988, in contrast to $125 million the previous year. The industry piled up total profits estimated at $2 billion in 1988, and is expected to match that performance this year. But the revival has ignited a bitter lobbying battle between Big Steel and its customers. The $ mills claim they need import restraints to keep the good times rolling. But major buyers, notably the manufacturers of automobiles and heavy machinery, argue...
...dying." Aquino may have nothing to fear if Marcos returns home, but some believe Imelda might use the occasion to rally opposition to Aquino's rule. "Let's not kid ourselves for a moment," wrote columnist Maximo Soliven in the pro-Aquino Philippine Star. "She's raring for a comeback...