Word: eleven
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...city's weak-mayor system, dominated by an eleven-member council, Gantt proved adept at consensus building. He effectively promoted growth and pushed through the building of a sports coliseum that attracted an N.B.A. franchise. He was re-elected resoundingly in 1985. Then his success, in a sense, overtook him. Charlotte thrived to the point of attracting huge traffic snarls, which his 1987 Republican opponent, Sue Myrick, exploited...
...same problem has staggered Southland and Circle K, the two largest U.S. operators of convenience stores. Southland, which runs 7-Eleven outlets (total stores: 6,900), ran into trouble after borrowing $4.9 billion for an LBO in 1987. The cash-strapped company is now negotiating to sell 75% of its stock for $400 million to Japanese investors. Circle K, with 4,600 stores in 32 states, sought protection under Chapter 11 last month after accumulating $1.2 billion of debt during a six-year expansion binge...
Udall sold his house in a Washington suburb and moved to Phoenix, where for eleven impecunious years he fought unsuccessfully in the courts to obtain redress. Judges consistently held that the Government could not be held liable, even though it knew of the danger from radiation and kept the victims in the dark. More than 1,000 stricken miners "were sacrificed for cold war nuclear weapons," says Utah Democratic Congressman Wayne Owens...
...poured billions of dollars into the stock market during the past month. Last week the Dow Jones average broke the 2900 barrier for the first time, climbing 80 points and closing at 2900.97. All told, the Dow has risen 244 points since May 1 and has set record highs eleven times. The euphoria has spread far beyond the blue-chip Dow. The more broadly based Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.4% last week, to close at a record...
...Most eleven-year-olds don't have a lawyer, but Tony is a special case. His adoptive parents decided five years after his adoption that Tony had not properly "bonded" with them, and returned him to the state in March. They kept Sam, Tony's natural younger brother. Patrick Murphy, the Chicago public guardian who was appointed to serve as Tony's attorney, says the youngster is an "absolute joy to be around." But there have been scars. Says Murphy: "One of the tragic things is that Tony blames himself...