Word: grabs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard has its work cut out for it in a traditionally wide-open Ivy race. At this point even Princeton or Yale could theoretically grab a piece of the title, and as many as four teams could share the championship...
...makers are also benefiting from some painful past mistakes. When sales dipped sharply in the 1970s, U.S. chip producers responded by slashing payrolls, halting research and canceling expansion plans. Their cutbacks proved a boon to Japanese companies; they kept building plants and developing products, and thus were ready to grab new markets when business picked up. That lesson did not go unnoticed. During the depths of the 1981-82 recession, U.S. companies continued to invest. "We maintained our level of research-and-development spending," recalls Norman Neureiter, a vice president of Texas Instruments, one of the world's largest...
...cheery, 18-hour-a-day campaigner, Petty often works parades, tirelessly darting between marching bands to grab spectators' hands on either side. The conservative Petty draws heavily on Reagan's popularity in the state, merrily proclaiming, "I'm a supply-sider." She radiates the President's brand of apple-pie patriotism and insists, "I won't make a left turn when I cross the Potomac...
Soon after midnight, picket lines began forming at GM plants from California to New Jersey. "Grab a sign and get in line," shouted union organizers at workers as they poured out of the GM factory in Pontiac, Mich. The signs read: U.A.W. ON STRIKE FOR JOB SECURITY and ONE DAY HEADLINES, THE NEXT DAY BREADLINES. At a Chevrolet plant in Van Nuys, Calif., most of the 4,045 U.A.W. members walked off the job, and the facility shut down. The company was forced to cancel two Saturday shifts at its Buick assembly plant in Flint, Mich...
...standard. At first, all is silent save for the desert wind whipping through the brush. Then the defenders spot an infiltrator 40 ft. away. Rotholz opens fire. Splat. "I got him. I got him," he yells. Meanwhile, three of the Hollywood 17 penetrate their opponents' defense and grab their flag. First round to Hollywood. Much gloating follows...