Word: nets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...multiple explosion, though, it could be a "quite different physical situation," Kirshner says. If the explosions happen "together in space and time, the net effect could be larger," he says...
Neely put the game away when he took a pass from Steve Kasper and stuffed the puck past Mario Gosselin on the backhand as he was skating past the net...
...more palatable to commercial bankers is a mixed formula of voluntary and negotiated debt reduction between the banks and debtor nations. Last September Brazil signed a package worth $82.1 billion that includes an $8.3 billion net reduction in debt in 1988 and 1989, and $5.2 billion in new money. Venezuelan economic officials are considering a novel way to raise $1 billion that would make future oil sales a guarantee against new credits...
...them down, while partially closing five more and realigning 54 others, will save $693.6 million a year. In the short run, the closings will result in the elimination of 24,000 civilian jobs. But Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, estimates there ultimately will be a net loss of only 8,000 nonmilitary positions...
...unseemliness of the deals has forced the resignation of Ezoe and 20 other people. The first big political casualty: Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, who resigned last month. He was caught in a net of contradictory denials, and finally admitted that an aide had taken part in the Recruit offerings, using the Minister's name. Ironically, the fall of Miyazawa strengthened the political position of Takeshita, since the men had been rivals in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Five days later, Hisashi Shinto, chairman of the giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, stepped aside after conceding his involvement in the Recruit stock...