Word: haulings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other hand, China's difficulties are a good reason to stop worrying about where the money will come from, and start investing in the wealth-producing plants and factories that are needed for any country to be truly self-reliant over the long haul. China's renewed, albeit cautious, interest in industrial development seems to indicate that the message is once again beginning to be appreciated by Peking's economic planners...
...Schickel's review of Mommie Dearest [Sept. 21] stands as tragic testimony to one of the most serious obstacles to recognizing the extent of child abuse in our country, namely, that it's really no big deal for parents to haul off at their children now and then...
...week's end some 5,100 of PATCO'S 13,000 striking controllers, who earn an average of $33,000 a year, had been sent dismissal notices by the Federal Aviation Administration. Federal judges ordered U.S. marshals to haul five local union leaders off to jail for defying court injunctions against the strike. Some leaders were marched away in handcuffs and shackled from waist to feet in chains?standard procedure for a federal arrest?adding a note of high drama to the crackdown...
...controllers' walkout are, of course, the airlines. The industry is already in the midst of an unprecedented upheaval as a result of the Federal Government's decontrol of routes and fares. Washington's action has spawned a whole new generation of regional and short-haul carriers that are slashing prices, adding routes and grabbing business away from some of the largest and best-known American carriers. Since January, passenger volume on American Airlines has slumped by 3.8%, while on TWA it is down 10.7%. Though American managed to inch back into profitability during the first six months...
...each.) The M1's advanced turbine engine gulps fuel at the staggering rate of 3 gal. per mile. Its armor (60.3 tons) makes it so bulky that it cannot be carried aboard any cargo plane except the Galaxy, the biggest thing on wings. Even a Galaxy can haul only one Abrams. Result: the M-l can be used only in areas to which it can be sent leisurely by ship, meaning Europe and possibly