Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trucks loaded them high with blankets, heirloom carpets, anything they could salvage from their bomb-shattered homes; others piled precious possessions on top of mules and camels or carried what they could: a lantern, a teapot, a generations-old copy of the Koran. While it was dark, they traveled fast along the rough mountain roads; during the day, when planes or helicopters reappeared in the skies, the refugees took shelter amid the rocks and trees...
...Hugo Boss is the name of a fast-growing company with headquarters not in the fashion capitals of Paris and Milan but in the small West German town of Metzingen, 19 miles from Stuttgart. Sales of Boss's stylish suits, sports jackets, sweaters and other men's clothing jumped 30% last year, to about $60 million. After years of rising popularity in Europe, the Boss line is now making inroads in the U.S. as well. Thanks to Boss, the country that gave the world BMW cars and Becks beer is becoming a force in high-fashion...
...husband co-signed it. The FEC, of course, would not permit Zaccaro to do that, since he was one of the family members she was trying to repay. The only option, she says, was to put some of her property on the block. "We've got to sell fast," she told her husband, alluding to her half-ownership of one building and a half-interest in a mortgage on another. "Get whatever...
Most people know the urge to chuck it all. Almost two years ago, William Catterson acted on that dark impulse. He worked nights as an assistant manager of a fast-food restaurant; his wife worked days as a teacher, leaving Catterson at home in Lodi, N.J., to take care of their two small children. The marriage became strained. One night, after calling to say he would be home late from work, Catterson took a bus to Atlantic City, and then headed for Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he lived and worked under an assumed name...
...athletes and one East German exceeded the winning distances in Los Angeles. In the pole vault, the high-flying Konstantin Volkov of the the U.S.S.R. cleared 19 ft. ¼in., two inches higher than the winning Olympic vault. Five world records were achieved in the pool. "The water is fast here," said one Soviet fan, and 6-ft. 4-in. Sergei Zabolotnov proved it. In the 200-meter backstroke, he defeated the European record holder, East Germany's Dirk Richter, in a world record time of 1:58.41 sec., slicing more than half a second off the record held...