Word: fairings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...products like beef, wine and milk, would be certain to oppose such a plan. By contrast, many U.S. farmers, who also rely on Government income supports, favor eliminating farm subsidies -- if foreign farmers follow suit. Reason: they believe U.S. agricultural productivity would give them an edge if competition were fair. Searching for a compromise, Yeutter at one point consulted a thesaurus for a synonym of the word eliminate. Replied E.C. Vice President Frans Andriessen: "I'm interested in substance, not words...
...stock could inspire little more than a yawn. Investors may have trouble determining a fair value for the package, which is far more complex than a share of common stock. Says one financier: "This is an instance of financial engineering going...
...confident that Harvard-Radcliffe's admissions system is fair. First, the decentralized steps involved in the process of reviewing applications make a set quota unlikely. Our understanding of the mechanism of the procedure comes from Asian Americans who play integral parts in the admissions process. Susie Chao, a past steering committee member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association, has been a full-fledged Admissions Officer for the past three years. Additionally, Ms. Chao serves as Assistant Director of Minority Recruitment and works with two student recruiters/representatives who are permanent liaisons between the Admissions Office...
...There he delights the gaping crowds by playing the trumpet and baseball. Alas, he also disrupts traffic and incurs the wrath of policemen. Here ends the similarity of ape and monster. William Joyce's plot and pictures provide laughter, thrills and, most important, a happy ending. Fair enough. Kong, after all, was a tragic figure; Bob is a comic creature. It was beauty killed the beast; it is whimsy keeps the reptile alive...
...only then, adds media man David Garth, can the eventual nominee deny Jackson co-winner status at the national convention. "If you really have treated him like the white candidates," says Garth, "you can then say, 'We beat you fair and square, now get lost...