Word: commandeering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When you are good, they will love you. But make one mistake and they will kill you." Agrees Surmain: "Americans squeeze you like a lemon, and when there is no more juice left, they just drop you." He advises also that it is important to have a good command of English, to appear well on TV talk shows...
...revenues of $100 million. But a considerable number of the retailers are much smaller operations. What most of them shared was a handicap: to make a long-distance call on their services, customers have had to dial as many as 24 digits on their phones. AT& T alone retained command of the 1-plus-area-code system...
...free of social stress. The relative wealth of the residents (median income: $44,000) is one reason. The population is comparatively homogeneous. Unemployment, at 4%, is nearly 3 points below the national average. Orange remains solidly Republican, but the conservatism is less shrill nowadays: Birch Society types no longer command center stage...
...serious shoot-out for supremacy in jeans. Last week VF, the manufacturer of Lee jeans, which account for an estimated 14% of U.S. sales, announced a plan to merge with Blue Bell. Its Wrangler and Rustler brands hold some 10% of the market. The new company will thus command roughly the same market share as Levi...
...guessing about who will succeed Kadar is Budapest's premier parlor game, encouraged by Kadar himself, who like any astute manager knows that prematurely designating a successor causes nothing but trouble for both boss and heir. Karoly Nemeth, 63, is his second in command in the party hierarchy and presumably a contender, though Kadar slyly enjoys appearances that deceive. Other possible candidates: Ferenc Havasi, 57, a chief economic official, who is said to believe that unemployment should be officially recognized; Karoly Grosz, 57, a Kadar disciple; Propaganda Boss Janos Berecz, 57; and Foreign Affairs Specialist Matyas Szuros...