Word: largest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Augusta, Ga., where anyone with a wet eye could see that his mother in the gallery and his son at his side had more to do with a sixth victory surging out of him at 46 than did the oversize putter he waved jubilantly. "I wanted something with the largest possible moment of inertia and the smallest dispersion factor," he said at the time...
...sidelines, and despite the Democratic disarray, there is a growing acknowledgment that he has no intention of playing party savior -- at least before the convention. Still, the New York primary promises a feverish three-way contest, in which Jackson might capture a plurality in the state with the second largest number of delegates. And if he can make it there, he can make it anywhere -- even, conceivably, to the top of the Democratic ticket...
...Halle's in the Midwest, Livingston's in the West. Other retailers have been absorbed by competitors. Associated Dry Goods, for example, sold out to May Department Stores in 1986. That helped push May (1987 sales: $10.3 billion) from No. 9 to No. 7 in a ranking of the largest retailers compiled by the investment firm Bear, Stearns...
...tumult in the industry is beginning to change the standings of the largest retailers. Sears has held the top spot for 24 years, but K mart is gaining ground fast. Between 1983 and 1987, K mart's annual sales jumped 37%, to $25.6 billion, while Sears' volume increased only 12%, to $28.1 billion. At this rate, K mart could overtake Sears' merchandise group within two years...
Panama's three largest supermarket chains helped Noriega's cause by bowing to government pressure and reopening stores that had been shut for ten days by the general strike. Meanwhile, several U.S. companies, including Texaco and Eastern Air Lines, paid nearly $3 million in taxes and fees to Panama's cash- starved treasury. The firms said the payments were part of the normal course of business. The money temporarily relieved a financial squeeze that had grown severe since Washington froze some $50 million in Panamanian funds in the U.S last month. To prevent companies from easing Noriega's fiscal woes...