Word: orderings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...supposed to be French, of course. Why, therefore, does he speak English with the strong Gallic accent of a man raised in Stuttgart? His colleagues and adversaries are French too, but they cannot figure out why Clouseau talks that way or, mostly, what he is talking about. "Leu and order," he says, meaning what he has sworn to uphold; every sentence contains a verbal banana peel...
...float against the dollar. Moreover, when member nations intervened on foreign-exchange markets to support or depress their own currencies, they would no longer use dollars but any of the ECU currencies. Within the proposed currency union, payments between nations would be made in ECUS rather than dollars in order to isolate Europe as much as possible from the U.S, currency...
Monolithic Memories Corp. has a standing order for wafer sorters and probe-card repair technicians; meanwhile, the company is turning down orders for lack of workers. Synerteck needs ion implanters, who manipulate control panels to change the electrical properties of silicon. Fairchild Camera and Hewlett-Packard both have hundreds of positions available that cut across every level of skill. Avantek has an eye out for janitors interested in profit sharing...
...handsome pay and perks, "I would have had to accept a lower living standard at double the cost." No doubt many other employees, new and old, are happy out in the valley. But with the nation's economy now slowing, the highly cyclical microelectronics industry could soon find its order books shrinking. If so, Silicon Valley might well face some layoffs instead of the free-for-all body snatching...
Steinbrenner is pals with Jackson, the Nathan's of baseball's hot dogs, and has defended him in past rows. But this time he backed his manager, who had the fans on his side most of the time. Steinbrenner, however, reportedly did order Jackson's exile limited to five days. The Yankees won five straight games without their temperamental star. Jackson returned to the team unrepentant, telling reporters that he did not feel he had done anything wrong. That renewed Martin's rage; he approached reporters to excoriate the outfielder. Not content with that, he again tracked down writers waiting...