Word: low
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...taken on a partner: K mart, the nation's second largest retailer. They make an odd couple: K mart, long plagued by its low-rent reputation, and Stewart, whose life looks like a Ralph Lauren ad. But next spring, as K mart's first "life-style consultant," Stewart will launch under her own name a line of K mart products, including linens, dishes and flatware. This marriage stands to benefit both parties: K mart can trade on Stewart's patrician polish and she on a whole new audience...
...dominant firms in the field, all national chains, are Health Management Resources, Medifast and Optifast (which directed Winfrey's loss). Their programs are similar. Patients are put on so-called VLCDs -- very-low-calorie diets -- requiring them to forsake solid food and drink five packets a day of flavored powdered-food supplement containing a total of 400 to 800 calories. Dieters visit the program's doctor and a behavior-modification class once a week to have their health monitored and learn new eating habits. The average weight losses are dramatic: 3 lbs. a week for women...
Bobby Beathard remade our team with low draft picks and free agent no-names, letting their performances dictate their saleries...
After going three years without consistent offensive production in the low post, the Crimson appears to have found two players--junior center Malcolm Hollensteiner and freshman power forward Ron Mitchell--who are able to put the ball in the hoop...
...example, already has both air- and sea-launched cruise missiles, and plans to build thousands of a new, advanced, low-observable "stealth" version. Because they fly slowly compared with ICBMs, American cruise missiles are not by themselves considered a first-strike weapon -- like bombers, they would take hours to hit targets deep inside the Soviet Union...