Word: evens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...smacked of dumping, in which goods or services are sold below cost. Fujitsu hoped to recoup its initial loss by having city officials eventually buy more expensive software and hardware. While Fujitsu has admitted to carrying out similar practices in the past, it offered to retract the latest bid. Even so, the government has pledged to investigate whether the company broke any laws...
...Even so, health experts are skeptical. Says Arthur Balin, a dermatologist at New York City's Rockefeller University: "While these neutralizers are effective, there is no evidence that free radicals on the skin's surface even cause damage...
...moved with their four children to Seattle, with no job and few friends, but with a determination to find a less stressful life. Today the family is settled in the wooded suburb of Issaquah in a cedar split-level that cost them $110,000 less than their California home. Even if Kelly's income has dipped 20%, his commute is mercifully brief. At the wheel, he says, he no longer starts at the sound of a backfire for fear it might be a highway shooting. "We were tired of being in the fast lane," says Mary Cutlip, 36. "We wanted...
...aircraft manufacturer slashed its work force from 105,000 to 38,000. Since the mid-1980s, the region's industries have diversified into computers, new fisheries and Pacific Rim trade. Unemployment has fallen to a 20-year low of 4.5%. Now business is so brisk at Boeing that not even a record-high work force of 110,000 is enough to meet production schedules. Last month 57,000 machinists went on strike at four Boeing plants, demanding a larger share of company profits. "We have gone through the hard times with this company," a union leader said, "and we want...
...show has attracted new viewers. Some urban contemporary radio stations have noticed a drop in their listenership when Hall is on the air. The inevitable TV imitators are starting to appear, notably The Byron Allen Show on CBS, a Saturday-night talk show with another black comic as host. Even fuddy-duddies like Carson and Sajak seem to be feeling the heat. Would rock acts like Simply Red and Stevie B. have been booked in the days before Hall...