Word: load
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quiet way, he carried a heavy load." That was how West Point's yearbook for the class of 1950 described Graduating Cadet Fidel V. ("Eddie") Ramos. It was a prescient judgment. Since he became Chief of Staff of the armed forces of the Philippines ten months ago, General Ramos has shouldered more than his share of the decision-making burden within President Corazon Aquino's fledgling government...
...back on track, GM will have to lighten its load considerably, and the company shows signs of doing just that. Chairman Roger Smith announced two weeks ago that next year GM will begin the largest slimming-down operation in its history. Just for starters, he said, the company will close or cut back eleven outmoded plants in four states. These steps, which will cost at least 29,000 jobs out of 762,500 worldwide, will reduce GM's capacity by more than 750,000 vehicles a year, to just over 7 million...
...contrast, moderately priced dot matrix printers can print at 160 CPS (five pages per minute) in low quality (single pass) load, and about 80 CPS in NLQ mode...
...band of Spanish explorers comes upon a California valley where grapes are plentiful. "The grape is good. It will sustain us," proclaims the No. 1 conquistador, ordering the group to put down roots right there. But wait: here come two more men with a load of grapes from the next valley over. The comandante takes a taste, then spits them out with a grimace. "You call these grapes?" he cries. "They taste like Fresno...
Program trading may bring a safe return for its participants, but it creates distress for other, unsuspecting investors. As traders load or unload enormous amounts of stock, they can magnify the rise or fall of the market. Sharp volatility has occurred at the so-called triple witching hour (on the third Fridays of March, June, September and December), just before stock-index futures and two related types of financial instruments expire at the same time. That is the last point at which arbitragers can decide what to do with the stock they have accumulated, and their herdlike decisions have often...