Word: oiled
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Years of cajoling and lecturing had done no good. In a society where white- collar workers burn the midnight oil as a matter of routine, tougher action was needed. So henceforward, Nippon Steel will switch off the electricity at its Tokyo headquarters at 10 p.m., forcing the workaholics among its 3,300 employees to suspend work and go home. Those who try to make up for the lost hours on Sunday will find the doors locked...
...importance of this race is enormous. Described as the rice of the electronic age and the crude oil of the 21st century, computer chips are the fundamental building blocks of modern electronics. The fingernail-size chips of silicon power everything from video games and fax machines to washing machines and guided missiles. Japan and the U.S. are locked in a global struggle to control future generations of powerful chips that will form the basis of such gee-whiz products as pocket supercomputers, 3-D interactive televisions and wristwatch telephones. If the computer-chip revival here can be sustained, says Fred...
...past two weeks alone. Quite apart from the drug wars, leftist rebels, who so far this year have killed more than 1,000 police, soldiers and civilians, set off a series of bomb explosions and terrorist attacks that left 30 dead, then murdered 26 police guards at a remote oil installation. The public outcry that followed the rebel violence prompted President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo to impose a 90-day national state of emergency that grants him extraordinary powers to pursue the troublemakers without first consulting Congress or the courts. So far, however, the bloodshed continues. Last week army troops killed...
...social change or the needs of weekly journalism. He notes, "They have been at it for 2,000 years and know the art of prevailing through patience." Moody found the Vatican an austere world, but, he adds, "every so often I was struck by the odd 17th century original oil in a hallway...
...HILL OF BEANS. What Hills and her European counterparts were specifically wrangling about was oilseeds: soybean, sunflower and rapeseed used as animal feed and in cooking oil. The U.S. has long claimed that European farmers receive excessive government subsidies that make it difficult for foreign rivals to compete. Washington contends that American oilseed farmers have lost nearly $1 billion worth of E.C. business. Though European negotiators made significant concessions on subsidies, they have refused to sign off on the long-term guarantees that the U.S. demands...