Word: fats
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With that, he turned sharply right on the far side of University Hall and seemed to hurtle himself towards Sever. "Hum," thought Biff Bundie, as he quickened his pace behind the Indian, "he's trying to shake me from his trail. Fat chance...
...Weld. Second, because it reminded him that he was wearing a cheap American raincoat. Finally, because it urged upon his flickering consciousness the thought that he was buttoning his raincoat to hide the fact that he could no longer fully button his trousers. Karandas weighed 350 pounds; unlike most fat man, he was also of a naturally peevish disposition...
...Hall. And there he caught a distinct glimpse of a vacant-faced young man, lurking behind the statue of John Harvard and staring in his direction. "Someone," Karandas' mind registered, "is staring at me. This is aboard. Worse than that, it is not nice. Has he never seen a fat Indian before...
Soon he became aware of a large noise. Karandas had returned, and was surrounded by a considerable number of unfriendly looking people. "There he is!" he shouted, pointing a fat finger at Biff. "Sitting over there under that bronze rhinoceros...
...squeeze is real, and with sharpening competition to be expected both at home and abroad, few experts foresee any early return of the fat and easy profit margins of the years immediately after World War II. Some economists even see a virtue in the profits squeeze, because it forces businessmen to pare fat and seek new efficiencies. Says President George H. Ellis of Boston's Federal Reserve Bank: "There should be a squeeze. In most competitive economies, there is a profits squeeze. It is a fact of life...