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Word: controll (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bilzerian is leaving Singer, a defense contractor that manufactures weapons- control systems, in poor financial shape. To pay off more than $1 billion he borrowed to acquire the company, Bilzerian sold eight of the company's twelve divisions. A group of 9,000 retirees has filed a $235 million lawsuit against the company, accusing Bilzerian of plundering Singer's pension plan. The U.S. Government is suing the company for defense-contract fraud, seeking $231 million in damages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Raider's Days Of Reckoning | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

...issue of whether reproductive control belongs to a woman or to the state is one which divides people at least as sharply...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Rousing the Silent Majority | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...every state, NOW and other established women's organizations will mobilize to lobby legislators and back candidates who support a woman's right to control her own body...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Rousing the Silent Majority | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

Meanwhile in Texas, high winds and rough water complicated efforts to control the mile-long slick that resulted from a collision between the Panamanian-registered tanker Rachel B and a barge being towed by a tugboat in the Houston Ship Channel. Fortunately, the accident occurred in inland waters, where it is somewhat easier to clean up a spill than in the open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer of The Spills | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

...chief negotiators seemed almost chummy when the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks resumed in Geneva last week. U.S. envoy Richard Burt joked about the danger of falling asleep due to jet lag, and his Soviet counterpart, Yuri Nazarkin, quipped that he had not yet mastered the jargon of arms control. Then, as talks progressed, Burt put forth a surprising proposal that threatened to sour the mood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arms Control: Off to a Bad START? | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

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