Word: dominos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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William A. Sage, president of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, says he believes in an economic "domino theory" that will make a Megaplex in Boston profitable for entrepreneurs in Cambridge...
...domino theory: "If you have a large convention in Boston, there are not enough hotel rooms in Boston, so people have to come to Cambridge...
NAFTA is important, however, primarily for reasons going beyond its own economic effects. Its rejection by the U.S. could topple a much bigger domino: a proposed agreement to promote freer trade among the more than 100 members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade could die. That would abort an expansion of world trade that many nations are counting on to help end the recession afflicting the industrial world. The U.S. would be especially hurt: the GATT agreement contains protections for "intellectual property" (patents, copyrights) that American exporters sorely need but do not now have...
...most frenzied mine-is-bigger-than-yours competition is among pizza makers. Domino's claims the largest entry with its Dominator -- a 30-in.-long, 2.08-sq.-ft., 30-slice slab of dough, cheese and toppings. It's the first Domino's pizza that won't be delivered by the company's swift red-and-blue- uniformed workers; customers will have to cart the monster home themselves. Fighting it out for second place are Little Caesar's Big! Big! Cheese and Pizza Hut's Bigfoot, both roughly 2 sq. ft. Says Rob Doughty, a Pizza Hut vice president for marketing...
...problem, but it wasn't nearly as much fun. It's sad to think that a lot of people go through life that way, just getting things done and never taking time out to eat pizza in a parking lot or drag race in a moving van with Domino's deliverers...