Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ambiguity of the word, "athletic." There are athletic men and there are athletic women: the word itself is spelled and pronounced the same way in both cases, and yet the separate standards implicit in each make the comparison almost like that one would make between a fast boat and a fast friend. In a situation like a mixed eight, where men and women are not separate, but not equal either, what standard of "athletic" can apply to the team? Can a mixed eight ever work as a consistent unit, a sort of Sprite "limon" of rowing? Or can it only...
Last year, Coke elbowed into the fast-growing industry by acquiring Taylor Wine Co. of Hammondsport, N.Y., a firm with lackluster earnings and an indifferent product line. To give Taylor a quality image and hype sales, Coke bought the respected Monterey Vineyards, south of San Francisco, to supply some of the grapes for the new Taylor California Cellars line. The bulk of the crushes for the California brand comes from the hot interior area, once known for producing low-grade grapes that were largely used in cheap jug wines. The company then prepared a $1.5 million ad campaign to introduce...
...recognize that Social Security is becoming a lousy deal for people who pay into the system today." True, it is now a good deal for beneficiaries because they paid in low taxes years ago and are now collecting hefty benefits. But Social Security taxes are scheduled to rise so fast - from a top of $1,071 this year to $1,404 next year on a salary of $22,900, and much, much more later on - that workers will rebel, Feldstein feels. He predicts: "Union people will be saying 'Don't raise our taxes. Let us keep our money...
Some say there is a Ford in his future, but New York's Governor Hugh Carey is a fast man with a, er, dodge...
...Second Generation, Fast...