Word: fatten
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...business consultant and lecturer, "he has this sense," says an ally, "of being on the outside looking in." His candidacy gives him a large audience for his I-told-you-so message about the conduct of foreign affairs. And even if he makes little progress, the publicity can only fatten his bookings on the lecture tour...
...petition is a gimmick designed to fatten G.O.P. coffers, to be sure, but Reagan was perfectly happy to play along. On the fund-raising circuit himself last week, he told a Texas audience that as he flew over the Dallas Convention Center, where he was renominated in 1984, he thought, "I wonder how folks down there would feel about giving it one more try?" As the audience broke into delirious applause, Reagan quickly added, with his showman's timing, "I'm kidding, of course." But not wholly. Reagan has come to see the 22nd Amendment as limiting presidential leverage...
...expert can predict exactly how the oil-price savings will filter through the rich complexity of the U.S. econ omy. Many companies will lower prices; others will increase workers' salar ies; some will fatten their profits. Adroit managers will try to do all three. But there is no doubt about the net result: Americans will have more money in their pockets, and they will be able to find fresh ways to spend, invest and enjoy their newly recovered wealth, at least...
...plans to beef up its local cadre of agents from 400 to 550 and send in its newly formed 50-member hostage-rescue team. The California Highway Patrol will fatten its regional 1,200-member force by 800 officers and 250 cars to help escort athletes in buses and dignitaries in 5 motorcades as they cross various county lines. In addition, 600 Secret Service agents and about 175 bodyguards from the State Department's Office of Security will hover around 3 heads of state, foreign luminaries and their families throughout the Games...
...lottery craze seems certain to continue-at least until paying taxes is as much fun as playing the numbers. To fatten their jackpots and compete with neighboring Massachusetts, the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are even considering combining their lotteries into a more tantalizing tristate pool. Last week lottery supporters in California gave state authorities the required petitions to put a lottery proposal to a November vote. In Florida, Lobbyist Jay Kashuk is leading a petition drive to repeal a state ban on lotteries...