Word: drain
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...amount to public utilities-like gas, electricity and transportation-are not targets for denationalization, though the Tories will try to attract private investment to some companies in those fields. At present, nationalized firms must look to the government for roughly half their loan capital-a $1 billion-plus annual drain on the treasury. While a few state-owned industries, like gas, electricity and the airlines, occasionally turn a profit, most others are perennial losers. The Coal Board has piled up $34.5 million in deficits, despite Lord Robens' moves to reduce costs and increase productivity. Heath may have a hard...
Burns' decision also came after lots of consideration. His personal reasons were not completely clear, and he could not be reached for comment yesterday in the Widener stacks, where he was writing a 25-page paper on the brain drain...
...radio station break, complete with fragmentary tune and a slick chorus−"Double-yew Emmm Eeee Ellll, Light and Lively!" Blame it on Pepper & Tanner of Memphis, those wonderful folks who also brought you "Hey, Culligan Man" and the Roto-Rooter jingle (". . . and away go troubles down the drain...
...Tuesday's meeting, however, the proposal drew sharp criticism from several Faculty members who felt that the new program would be a drain on already limited Faculty time and resources and a betrayal of traditional academic standards...
...campaign on a slogan 'the people's councillor,'" Vellucci said. "I never voted against a housing project. I fought to bring the milk price down to one cent per bottle." In 1964, "we destroyed the urban renewal program. Six million dollars went down the drain because we opposed the Federal bulldozer. With the same breath, we proposed a resolution to create the Wellington-Harrison Citizens Committee," to give the local residents the opportunity to plan urban renewal projects. One fight Vellucci did lose, however, was to keep NASA out of Cambridge. The prediction he made about NASA...