Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effects of the strike and lockout quickly dented the operations of a wide variety of manufacturing industries. Worst off were the automakers, who stock only a few days' supply of some components. General Motors was forced to cut production and lay off 30,100 hourly workers indefinitely. Ford reduced shifts at 19 of its North American plants. Chrysler closed almost its entire U.S. operation, laying off 77,000 employees in 37 plants...
...year certificate pegged to the average five-year Treasury Note rate, currently 9.2%; interest on the new certificate will be 1.25% less than that rate, or 1% less if bought at a savings bank. In addition, the $1,000 minimum for certain high-interest certificates of deposit will be cut in half or, in some cases, dropped altogether. Finally, regular savings accounts will pay an extra half percent bonus on the minimum balance held over twelve months...
...Indonesian Sumatra faced a battery of culture shocks. First they got hold of guns to replace their bows and arrows and began shooting every bird and animal they saw, destroying the very wildlife on which they depended. Then these pagan tribesmen were themselves harassed by Muslim police, who cut their long, plaited hair and took away their beads. Worse yet, Filipinos and Japanese who were imported to work Siberut's newly opened logging concessions began dragging Mentaweian girls aboard their boats as easy rape victims...
...number of students and professors (average salary: $23,100) bitterly resented the bundles of money strewn in Fairbanks' path. The school is currently fighting a budget-saving move by the state legislature that would cut back enrollment, slice several millions from the university budget and lop 202 members from the faculty. Even if the plan is modified, Colorado will face some austerity measures-except in the stadium. Said Jeff Morgan, editor of the Colorado Daily, which covers student affairs: "The priorities are way off, but it shows where the interests lie in the state of Colorado...
...defenseman left me, so there were two guys on Faught." Ward said just seconds after the tally. "I cut to the ball and Faught made a beautiful pass...