Word: grabs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Partly because of White House disorganization and Haig's early grab for power, Allen has not demonstrated much authority in his job. He failed to persuade presidential aides that the proposed sale of the sophisticated AWACS airborne radar system to Saudi Arabia faced probable defeat in Congress. As a result, Reagan okayed the deal over Haig's objections...
Last week in Amsterdam, Swarttouw announced that Fokker (1980 sales: $450 million) and McDonnell Douglas Corp. of St. Louis (1980 sales: $6.06 billion) were preparing to link up and build a Fokker-designed 150-seat, medium-range passenger jet. The companies hope the plane will grab a share of the emerging new replacement market for the McDonnell Douglas DC-9, the Boeing 737 and the Boeing 727, the aging workhorse of airlines from Singapore to Stockholm...
...rest of the way, the Crimson took a 3-1 decision to end the campaign with a 17-14 overall record. With Doyle's curve--missing in action for most of the spring--keeping Cornell off balance, and shortstop Bauer ranging far into left field for a game-saving grab with two out in the sixth. Harvard ended a disappointing reign as EIBL champs with a one-game winning streak...
Similarly, thinclad javelin specialists Garth Andrade and Joe Bowen threw 205 and 202 feet respectively for new personal records. While teammate Jim Mullen claimed one of his best tosses with a throw of 197 feet. Once again, the competition provided five longer throws to grab the points...
...long as males have employed females, sexual harassment-whether a sniggering grab or outright sex-for-salary extortion-has been a fact of countless women's working lives. Yet as the proportion of women in the work force increased sharply in the past decade, so did the reports of on-the-job intimidation. According to the Center for Women Policy Studies, a Washington-based research group, as many as 18 million American females were harassed sexually while at work during 1979 and 1980. But according to antifeminist Crusader Phyllis Schlafly, most of those 18 million were asking...