Word: loads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their economic supremacy at the expense of the developing world. Brazilian President Jose Sarney has denounced the criticism of his country as "unjust, defamatory, cruel and indecent." How can Brazil be expected to control its economic development, he asks, when it is staggering under a $111 billion foreign-debt load? By what right does the U.S., which spews out more pollutants than any other nation, lecture poor countries like Brazil on their responsibilities to mankind...
...Sept. 18, 1931, a Japanese army lieutenant meticulously wired 42 cubes of yellow blasting powder and buried the load in the earth 5 ft. from railroad tracks north of the Manchurian city of Mukden (now Shenyang). The explosives would throw a lot of dirt but cause little damage to the rail line. After all, the South Manchurian Railroad was Japanese-owned and linked the empire's economic outposts in predominantly Chinese Manchuria. All the army wanted was an "incident...
Suddenly the word "phantom" became a verb. As the year went on and the academic load grew, Mike phantomed more and more frequently. After the night Mike and Ben, the nut from Santa Monica across the hall, decided they were going to run around the Yard dressed only in shaving cream and shorts, we initiated a Phantom Watch. People would call on Friday nights: "Is he doing it? Can we come over...
...Time-Warner combination would take on a heavy load of new debt, as much as $14 billion. The company (estimated total revenues: $10 billion) would have an estimated cash flow of $2 billion, which would be tapped for loan payments. "These are great organizations with very good cash flows, so the debt doesn't have to be a negative," observes William Farley, chairman of Chicago- based Farley Industries, which took over West Point-Pepperell in a hostile bid this year. But, he adds, "it takes a certain kind of management to deal with that kind of debt. You're that...
...company rejects Paramount's hostile takeover bid and refashions its agreement to acquire Warner in a deal that could ultimately cost $14 billion and create a heavy load of debt...