Word: lift
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lift the 40-ton structure. Perini rented a Manitowoc crane with a 100-foot boom and a 165-ton lifting capacity. Walter A. Viglione, Perini superintendent, said yesterday...
Mallon said yesterday Epps refused to lift a 1975 ban--levied against Southwestern after the company used a freshman dorm to hold a recruitment meeting--because of the company's "past recruitment practices" and the potential fiscal "riskiness" involved in door-to-door book selling...
...Cronkite's businesslike, low-key delivery? Or will NBC's John Chancellor, another in the trusty Cronkite mold, steal away some of CBS's audience? Will ABC news, which tried to de-emphasize the anchorman and gambled on hi-tech flashiness instead, be able to lift itself out of third place? The air is full of expensive uncertainty...
Unlike many teams, Harvard's skiers pay for their own transportation, lodging, meals, equipment and lift tickets while they train. And there is no coaching provided in the fall. One winter season will cost more than a few hundred dollars. "We're budgeted for about as much as the football teams spends on tape," one member said...
...decision on rebates stirred deep emotions in Detroit. Automen do not like them because they cut into profit margins, probably without helping sales in the long run. The cash payments often give sales a lift during the rebate period because customers advance their plans to buy cars in order to get the special prices. But sales are then usually lower than normal after the rebates...