Word: dump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cleanse the earth, whose subtance is the gaiety of language. The supreme fiction must be abstract, must give pleasure, and must change. This changing aspect is significant, for fictions succeed each other as men become unsatisfied with their explanations of the world; the discarded visions are tossed on the dump with the bottles and mattresses of the dead...
Delicate Positions. Salomon Bros, began as a bond trading house in 1910 and later diversified into other activities. Last year it traded some $135 billion worth of bonds-an average of $530 million every working day. The bear market caused many pension funds and trust departments to dump bonds, but Salomon was able to find enough mutual funds, other banks and individuals to buy them...
...natural wonders. The pipeline would occupy less than 15 sq. mi. of Alaska. Still, it would cross 4,800-ft. mountains, 23 rivers, 124 streams and three active earthquake zones. A single rupture could dump as much as 20,000 bbl. of oil, killing all wildlife for miles around. Moreover, tanker spills off Valdez could irreparably harm Alaska's fishing industry. In Arctic waters, where the cold prevents oil molecules from breaking down, the damage could be drastic...
...transfusion in return for effective control of the company. But the terms revealed were so vague and incomplete that the agreement seemed shaky. Suspicious Europeans rushed to cash in their shares in I.O.S. funds, heightening doubts about the future of the company. In turn, I.O.S. was reportedly forced to dump some of the U.S. stocks that it held, further depressing the market in Wall Street. After word got out that hard-pressed I.O.S. had a potential rescuer in King Resources-the oil and mineral corporation controlled by John King-that corporation's stock dropped in one day from...
...actress (You Can't Have Everything), but continued to make scores of "final" appearances. Asked about her style, Gypsy quoted her teacher Tessie the Tassel Twirler. "In burlesque," Tessie once told her, "you've got to leave 'em hungry for more. You don't just dump the whole roast on the platter...