Word: flows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last summer, excessive bureaucracy, credit difficulties, erratic cash flow, transport and communications bottlenecks were prevalent. Once again, the expectations of the poor and middle class were frustrated. Rent for a modest two-room apartment in Tehran rose to $1,000 a month. For luxury villas in the northern part of the city, a monthly rent of $5,000 was not considered extravagant. There was a year's wait for a $6,000 Iranian-manufactured automobile; imported Mercedes 280s sold...
...theough he claims a portion of the responsibility, he says Harvard was not at all helpful when delays first occurred. In fact, Cruz claims Harvard is responsible for a considerable portion of the cost overrun because of changes in the original plans, restrictions placed on the monthly cash flow, delays allegedly based on racism and priority placement on some crucial materials. Because he is carrying the entire burden for the cost of the six-month-delayed completion, Cruz is looking into the possibility of future legal action...
...start of the project due to family problems caused additional delays in items such as steel, an error for which Cruz claims full responsibility. However, Cruz alleges, "Harvard's attitude was that when they saw the job was going bad, instead of helping me by assisting with the cash flow, they thought that I couldn't handle the loss because I was a minority contractor." Cruz explains that the University's contract with him required monthly payments based on his requests. He says Harvard started "tightening the screws" on the money flow, often settling on an amount below his request...
...which underscores the power and versatility that the Sisters gain from sheer size. Different though they are, they all-again like real sisters-show a strong family resemblance. They are all vertically integrated companies controlling the flow of oil from well through pipeline and refinery to gasoline pump. All are multinationals; Shell operates in well over 100 countries, Exxon nearly as many...
...fact, the "laid back" counterculture opposition to striving seems central to no-win sports. The foundation's John O'Connell insists that the aim is not to win but to catch "the flow." And what is the flow? "Being so involved you lose track of time," he says. "Feeling light, as if in love." Which, as everybody knows, is usually a no-win game...