Word: gal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bond is as fast on his feet as with his wits; an ironic scowl creases his face; he's battle ready yet war-weary. And in the age of AIDS, even Bond must bend to serial monogamy; this time, for reasons of plot and propriety, he's a one-gal guy. Dalton performed a lot of his own stunts, and he looks great in a tuxedo -- especially the one with the Velcro lapels that fold over to give him the guise of a priest-assassin...
...would consumers, of course. The new regulations would increase the amount of crude oil needed to make gasoline and thus boost costs for refiners. Thomas estimates the additional cost to be $450 million a year, or 1/2 cent per gal. at the gas pump. But oil companies say the burden would be more like $2 billion. The second proposal would require automakers to enlarge the charcoal canisters that are placed inside gas tanks to reduce the emission of fumes. Thomas says this modification would add only $19 to the sticker price of a typical car, but automakers argue that...
...decentralized management runs its franchises with an unusual mixture of strict regimentation and entrepreneurial freedom, a style handed down by the late company founder, Ray Kroc. On one hand, McDonald's is a stickler for uniformity, indoctrinating its future managers at Hamburger University, where they learn that a 5-gal. pickle pail must contain at least 3,000 slices. On the other hand, McDonald's realizes that corporate headquarters is not always the best place to come up with market-sensitive ideas. One object lesson was a headquarters brainstorm years ago known as the Hulaburger, a pineapple-and-cheese combination...
Congress responded by raising the gasoline tax by 5 cents per gal., with 1 cent earmarked for mass transit. Given the magnitude of the problem, it seemed the equivalent of pouring asphalt into a few potholes. But by almost every statistical measure, the quality of the nation's highways has improved somewhat. That is particularly true of the Interstate system, which carries 20% of the nation's traffic on only 1% of its road mileage. According to Federal Highway Administration figures, while only 30% of the pavement on urban Interstates was in good or very good condition in 1982, that...
...brief encounter was a setup: "I was wickedly manipulated by treacherous former friends and then colleagues who victimized me with the aid of a female confederate." One friend, Jamie Buckingham, a well-known charismatic writer, told the Washington Post that Bakker "was very surprised that this gal was able to perform the way that she did . . . He described her as very professional for 21 years of age . . . She knew all the tricks of the trade." Hahn indignantly told Long Island's Newsday, "That was not my style, honest. I think it's a ridiculous statement...