Word: locks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...designing them to fit players of its own manufacture, Atari saw its sales leap from $30 million in 1976 to $1.1 billion last year. As late as last summer it still held about 80% of the world market, and in doing so had got a lock on an enormously profitable business in which cartridges that cost only about $6 to manufacture can usually be sold for a retail price...
This paradise of Christmas cheer started about 12 years ago in one room of the old house on the property of the Highlands tree nursery. "We used to just sell ribbons and candles, just little things to go with the trees," Jean Lock, who runs the shop and nursery with her husband says. Soon the operation spread into seven full rooms of the house. "With a staple gun and a can of gold spray paint, you can really make the inside sparkle," says Lock, describing the shop's current decor...
Most of Japan's annual three-quarters of a million marriages (compared with 2.4 million in the U.S.) take place in the fall. In November, when religious calendars are filled with auspicious days for wed lock, Tokyo's 300 ceremonial halls are booked solid for weddings, some holding a service every 20 minutes...
...proof. In short, the KGB was pointing to a danger that Amin-if he could ride the tiger of Muslim insurgency and come out on top as the leader of an Islamic Afghanistan-not only would turn to the West but would also expel the Soviet Union-lock, stock and barrel-from Afghanistan. On political grounds, the KGB argued, it would be better, even at this late hour, to put Karmal in as President...
...Land, meanwhile, broke a 12 tie with just one minute left in its game, as Bob Sher lock hit Bernard Good win with a 50 yard strike...