Word: losses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...might be more vetoes to follow; and there were ample indications that he planned to use all the other political weapons in the presidential arsenal to make Congress do his bidding. A tougher, more aggressive President was clearly emerging; his subordinates were threatening rebellious members of Congress with a loss of patronage and a withdrawal of crucial assistance in their re-election campaigns. "There is a misreading up on Capitol Hill," said a senior White House aide, justifying the presidential shift. "A lot of people in Congress don't think Carter is a strong President. A veto like this...
...country has weighed the tragedy of Richard Nixon. One sometimes wonders if there is not another dimension to that disaster that will some day get more attention-the loss of a man to the world, by his own doing, a man who understood the men, the ingredients, the glory, the brutality, the action and reaction of power as well as anyone else of our time...
...York's spirits have risen with the improvement in its economy. After a seven-year loss of 600,000 jobs, from 1969 through 1976, the city gained 9,000 in the period from February 1977 to February 1978. The exodus by large corporations has slowed. Four years ago, whole buildings in prime Manhattan areas were empty. Now 1 million sq. ft. of floor space has been newly rented since January. Says Lewis Rudin of Manhattan's Rudin Management: "I counted up $1 billion-that's billion-of privately financed new construction the other day." He listed, among...
...modernize its U.S. plants. It has no hope of financing those expenditures out of depreciation and retained profits-if indeed there are any profits. There will be none this year; though sales are likely to total $18 billion, industry analysts reckon that the company will wind up with a loss of around $120 million...
...economy rates, but tickets must be bought 30 days in advance. Other lines offer similar savings under a variety of catchy names. Braniffs Small Potatoes, Texas International's Peanuts (25% to 50% off on certain flights), Continental's Chickenfeed (30% to 50% off on most flights). There are also loss-leader fares, which last only a few days or weeks. Braniff offered for four days a 7-11 stand-by excursion from Dallas to Las Vegas. One way was $11 first-class, $7 in economy...