Word: numbers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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About 30 such letters have been sent annually in recent years, he said, emphasizing that this year's number was not especially unusual...
Another important union demand was that the company increase the number of paid personal holidays so that more workers would be kept on the job. The company agreed to increase paid days off (not counting vacation) from 12 to 26 during the life of the contract. Pending ratification, neither side would discuss the noneconomic improvements or the size of the increases in the cost-of-living clause and pay rates. One unofficial estimate put the wage increase at between 9% and 12%. At present the combined basic wage rate for all classes of GM workers is $9 an hour...
...truck producer. Among other options it says it rejected was to make only small cars; given its high fixed costs and the low prices it would have to charge, it would lose $43 for every such car produced in 1982. But the company does plan to reduce the number of basic car lines from five to three. Moreover, by 1985 all Chrysler cars will have front-wheel drive, a space-saving feature that only its fast-selling, American-built Omni and Horizon subcompacts have now. The company's basic goal is to expand its 10.2% share...
...other flights waiting to take off. Just as we reached the head of the line, the pilot said he had to refuel. At last, at around 7 p.m., we departed. But later, in midcourse, we veered left toward the Vineyard's neighboring island of Nantucket. Apparently our flight number was switched with that of the flight to Nantucket. So we landed there, stayed on the ground for a while, and then once again headed for the Vineyard. It was really wild...
...British Medical Journal, they meticulously listed the 22 surnames and eight first names used in various combinations by Mcllroy in registering at different hospitals. (Mcllroy was identified by the description in clinical records of his scars and other physical characteristics.) The names of all the hospitals and the number of admittances to each were also faithfully recorded...