Word: mops
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With a full complement of East bloc countries on hand for the first time in eight years, a bundle of Olympic records were set. Jozef Pribilinec of Czechoslovakia won the 20-km walk in 1:19:57, breaking the old record by more than 3 min. Mop-top Khristo Markov of Bulgaria hopped, skipped and soared to a triple-jump record of 57 ft. 9 1/2 in., while American favorite Willie Banks placed sixth. East Germany's Ulf Timmermann threw the shot put 73 ft. 8 3/4 in. for an Olympic record, and Randy Barnes of the U.S. placed second...
...even those maverick producers seem ready to consider tightening their spigots. Last week in London, petroleum experts from non-OPEC countries met in an emergency session to discuss ways to mop up the glut. But OPEC is unlikely to follow suit. Saudi Arabia's Hisham Nazer and other oil ministers seem hesitant to discuss cutbacks, since some OPEC members flout existing quotas...
...indignities never stop. At the Tanners', I sleep in the garage or the laundry room. At NBC, I share my dressing room with a mop and bucket. The one saving grace to this abuse is that it helps fool even the cast into thinking I really am a puppet, including Anne Schedeen, who plays the real-life Kate Tanner, and the guy who plays Willie, this dithery product of Hesitation ( School named Max Wright. He must have mastered the Dramatic Pause (wake me up at half time!) during his years on the stage at places like Yale and Harvard, schools...
Researchers do not know how dangerous the PCB threat is, partly because an increase in the incidence of ill effects caused by the chemicals might take a ^ long time to show up. As a precaution, the Government has been moving to mop up the PCB mess. In 1979 Congress banned the production, sale and distribution of PCBs. Companies were permitted to keep using equipment that already contained the chemicals, as long as the machinery was carefully sealed. As the equipment wears out, owners must deposit it at federally approved toxic-waste disposal sites...
...trade gap improves, but the budget summiteers push a deadline. -- Layoffs and low morale at Texas Air. -- A PCB mop...