Word: give
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...night can be found sitting around a table eating a silent dinner of silvery fish, cabbage and egg. Behind them is a wall of ivory tusks in burlap sacks that were destined for Taiwan until that country declared a ban in August. "There is nothing to give them to do," says Eddie Huen, one of five brothers who run the business started by their father. "They are just sitting, waiting for the future." The carvers are family to each other and have little life outside the factory. They live in the showroom, sleeping there on boards...
Such a prospect truly alarms Richard Leakey, the world-famous paleontologist who heads Kenya's wildlife department. Says he:"The elephant has been around a long time and has given such pleasure to so many and has the potential to give such pleasure to so many more. Should we allow it, through our inaction, greed and perhaps cowardice, to become an exotic on this continent? If not, how do we prevent...
...airline's go-go expansion since he became company president in 1980. He invented the frequent-flyer program and instituted the first supersaver fares. To cut labor costs, Crandall introduced a two-tier wage system under which younger hires were paid less than veteran workers. "Crandall won't give up easily," says an industry hand. "He sees American as his company. Trump's bid is a slap in his face...
...have been stressing that all pregnant women should have intensive prenatal care. But last week the U.S. Public Health Service issued a report from a federal panel of experts that urged less prenatal care -- at least for some women. About 1.6 million of the nearly 4 million women who give birth annually have no evident health problems that could jeopardize them or their babies. The panel recommended that physicians cut back -- from 13, to seven or eight -- the number of office visits typically scheduled. The group also suggested curbing some routine procedures, including blood-pressure readings, pelvic examinations and screening...
...line, on line, let's go!" he shouts, as bleary-eyed inmates appear at attention in the doorways. Then there is cell clean-up, a shower and marching off to breakfast. Any inmate who deviates even slightly from the prescribed regimentation is ordered to drop to the ground and "give me 50" -- meaning 50 push...