Word: load
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Haydn could call on a large cast of silent extras to provide plenty of spectacle, and the theater's sophisticated stage machinery-which could transform settings from a pleasant garden to an enchanted wood or a glorious hall-was expected to carry a good deal of the dramatic load...
Another man said he heard the explosion four blocks away on Lee street and it was still "quite load...
...rate cutting has almost totally failed in its principal objective: filling up the planes with enough bargain-hungry passengers to return the carriers to profitability. Industry "load-factors," or numbers of seats filled on scheduled flights, keep going down, from 59.1% in 1980 to 58.7% last year, with some individual airlines in far worse shape. During February, for example, financially ailing Pan Am's load-factor slipped to 54.8% of capacity, from 60.8% last year, while TWA's dropped even further in the first two months of this year...
...Shurtleff, its director "In particular our historical commitment to having Black counselor is in danger, he says As well as forcing the school to cut out a counseling position. Shurtleff predicts that budget cuts will increase the size of the school, as administrators are forced to increase the load for each individual teacher. "Soon we would reach a point of diminishing returns. Research shows that we are now at our optimal size, "he explains, adding that an increase in population "would also threaten the race and sex balance which Pilot has been committed...
...spent half an hour looking for her car keys among the radios, bathing suits, and cosmetics that dominate her bedroom. After following's tricky detour, we emerged safely onto the highway and took the very first exit for a good Texas load of gasoline and enough French fries to feed the family next door for a week. Liz was a bit nervous about the last left turn before the airport, since she's too short to see over the dashboard of the Chevy. The parking lot was filled with cars, and there were no taxis. Everyone in Texas drives...