Word: concerns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...employ hundreds of victims of alcoholism, heart attack and stroke. One of Western's lawyers, William John Kennedy, had argued that the age-60 rule was based on safety considerations. Predicting passengers will be at greater risk, he said bitterly, "We've been kicked in the teeth for our concerns. It will be a cold day in hell before any airlines concern themselves with senility risks...
...week long, there was special concern for a group of passengers, ranging in number between six and ten, who had been removed from the plane during its second Beirut stopover. There were reports that they were in the hands of the fanatical, pro-Iranian Hizballah (Party of God) organization, and had been moved from Beirut to Baalbek in the Syrian-dominated Bekaa Valley. This region has been a base for Islamic extremist groups over the past three years, and is thought to be the area where some of the seven American, one British and four French kidnap victims are currently...
...Shiite POWs, captured by Israel after committing terrorist acts during its withdrawal from Lebanon, would be released promptly, the Shiites nevertheless preempted the release. In a perfectly planned hijacking, the Shiites cleverly took advantage of Israel's position by pitting it against the U.S., all the while feigning concern for the fate of their captured colleagues...
...spoke out, attempts last week to question other Mengeles proved unsuccessful. In Gunzburg (pop. 19,000), the town where most of the clan resides, family members were "not available," either at their homes or at the headquarters of Karl Mengele & Sons, the family-run farm-machinery and hydraulic-press concern that is Gunzburg's largest employer. In Munich, 120 miles to the southeast, some Mengele relatives were so wary of newsmen that they took nameplates off their doorbells...
...equipment was sold to smart buildings, and analysts predict that the market will grow to $3 billion a year by 1990, when the U.S. may have as many as 1,600 smart buildings. Already Cushman's Dallas-based property manager, Jay Dee Allen, says that fully half his inquiries concern space in smart buildings. "Smart technology makes it easier to attract tenants," says Larry Guilmette, manager of Bronson and Hutensky, a co-developer of Hartford's CityPlace. "The fact that you can sell some sizzle gives you a higher profile." It doesn't take a smart building to figure that...