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...huge question mark, however, still hangs over Ford: the $2 billion debt load built up during the lean years. Says Auto Industry Analyst Ann Knight of Paine Webber Mitchell Hutchins: "They can dig their way out of it, but the deterioration of their balance sheet is cause for concern." Yet after all those recent bad years, Ford is not thinking too much about the debt. With a few good years, the company could pay off its old loans-and more...
...Lebanon would be subjected to a terrible bombardment by Israeli artillery and aircraft, he told his men, "You must show the same steadfastness you demonstrated in Beirut, because if you can survive the first assault, you will be victorious." Ordering them to improve their defenses, he added, "You must dig, dig, dig, dig...
...Central America, Wright could not resist complaining directly to Reagan: "You can't have it both ways. We in Congress can't be expected to be supporters one day and whipping boys the next." With a smile, Reagan told Wright that he had heard his "alibi artist" dig, and added, "I think I've got a couple more cracks coming myself...
...conduct research on areas that will be destroyed by highways, sewers housing projects, and utilities work. Overhead from these contracts went into the University's general coffers. Also, spurred on by the Bicentennial, towns, local historical societies, private benefactors--all who could raise the funds--often commissioned "a dig...
...mistakes in private." After three weeks of self-training, Bertini now eagerly displays complicated financial projections and claims that his productivity has increased 10%. Stephen Melvin, president of an aircraft-engine manufacturing division, found the U.T. training sessions "humbling, like golf." But he asserts that the computer lets him dig deeper into his division's operations by giving him quick access to records and data...