Word: flatness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...face it, I could run the L.A. marathon," Marconi said. "Its flat...
There is one business, strangely, that is not making money off the reading craze: publishing. Profits are eroding. Revenues are flat. At HarperCollins, profits fell 66% in the second half of 1996, and it is rumored that Rupert Murdoch, the owner, is looking to quit the book business. Other companies are cutting staff and closing down divisions. Industry executives agree that more and more readers are buying more and more books; a record 2.17 billion books were sold in the U.S. last year, up about 20 million copies from the previous year and 100 million from 1993. But the action...
...Detroit Lions (from Oakland Raiders): Shawn Springs, CB, Ohio State. The Lions fill a major need with this great cover corner. He ran 4.4 flat at the combine and can jump over 40 inches. I don't like him as much as Bryant Westbrook because he can't bring a load against the run like Westbrook...
...team just came out flat and didn't play well on either offense or defense, and our play was unaggressive all-around," said Max von Zuben, who had two goals for the Crimson...
...bottom-line mentality is taking over. HMOs refer to the proportion of premiums they pay out for patient care as their "medical-loss ratio"--a chilling choice of words. The Association of American Medical Colleges reported last November that medical-loss ratios of for-profit HMOs paying a flat fee to doctors for treatment averaged only 70% of their premium revenue. The remaining 30% went for administrative expenses--and profit. Other surveys have yielded less alarming figures, and even among profit-making HMOs, there is a wide range. One managed-care plan in New Jersey spent only...