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Both management and union leaders representing the company's 10,000 employees blamed each other for the company's plight. The union had made fresh contract concessions, but retracted them because it was unhappy with a debt-reorganization plan worked out by the company and its bankers...
...prey to suspicions generated by Watergate. Legislators feared that some day an Administration might use a centralized computer tax system to harass citizens. In January 1980 the IRS at last issued a call for bids on a new computer to replace its old Honeywell and Control Data machines. The contract was awarded to Sperry 18 months later, but the agency did not complete its order for the new computers until December 1984. Later it twice changed the specifications on the original order, each time requiring more sophisticated equipment. After all the modifications, the computers arrived at IRS regional centers last...
...when beaten, are primarily binders and, because of their fat, enriching moisturizers. McGee also explains that, in cooking eggs, it is important to avoid extensive coagulation, which produces a rubbery texture or curdling. He therefore advises a moderate, gradual heating that will not cause the proteins to contract and squeeze out the liquid they are supposed to retain. In other words, when making hollandaise sauce, use a gentle heat so the sauce will thicken smoothly...
...also compromised on military spending, giving the Pentagon "authority" to spend up to $302.5 billion but a funding outlay of only $267.1 billion in fiscal 1986. That means the Pentagon can contract for more major weapons to be paid for later but will have to cut back on current cash outlays...
...such a changing world," says Dr. Bert Pepper (no relation to the soft drink), a New York City psychiatrist. "Each of us has our favorite object of constancy. Many Americans have picked Coke." Adds Pepper: "People felt outraged and ripped off because there was an implicit and explicit contract between the Coke drinker and the company. There was unilateral abrogation of that contract when the company changed the formula...