Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Panasonic products seemed a bit pricey last year, the reason has become clear. Between March and August, some of the company's U.S. representatives allegedly resorted to classic pressure tactics to shore up profits that had been eroded by price wars. Panasonic threatened to cut off deliveries to retailers that discounted Panasonic goods. Among the targets: K mart, Montgomery Ward and Circuit City. Last week Panasonic, a division of Japan's Matsushita, settled charges of price fixing with the New York State attorney general's office. While Panasonic admitted no wrongdoing, the company agreed to refund as much...
...stopped to wonder about the unusual behavior of several new colleagues who regularly lost thousands of dollars but kept coming back for more, day after day for two years. Tom Hicks, a trader on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, remembers one in particular named Peter Vogel: "He was real clean-cut -- wing tips, clipped hair, tie always knotted tightly. He didn't dress like the rest of us. They called him 'the accountant...
Ronald Reagan was luckier. He discovered a passel of single-minded, if not exactly single-armed, economists who called themselves supply-siders. They promised Reagan that he could cut taxes, rebuild U.S. military might and reduce the budget deficit, all at the same time. While the President eagerly followed the script, the deficit forgot its lines. Instead of shrinking each year, it added $1.3 trillion to the U.S. national debt during Reagan's two terms, more than doubling the total burden...
...Independents secured a fifth pro-business, conservative seat on the Council, they would almost certainly weaken or abolish the rent control law and would probably cut zoning restrictions to encourage development. They would also most likely keep Healy in office...
...build a hotel on Mass Ave. is only the first step toward turning the campus and Harvard Square into a giant theme park. "We've already got the cobblestone sidewalks, an exciting ride below the street, a pastel-colored information booth and a pool of 6500 eager, clean-cut part-time workers to staff it," officials say. Plans are in the works for Michael Jackson to film a 3-D promotional spot for "Six Flags Over Harvard...