Word: overheads
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...POOL SITS SO STILL AND CLEAR THAT it remains utterly invisible unless glimpsed from an angle. Suspended overhead, cream-colored puffs of rock billow within arm's reach, seeming to defy gravity. Welcome to Lake of the Clouds, an enchanted spot of earth that has never seen the sun or felt the morning dew. Carved out of solid rock nearly 1 million years ago, this bewitching chamber lies 300 m (1,000 ft.) below the floor of the New Mexican desert at the lowest point in Carlsbad Cavern...
...later that night to comfort several colleagues chained to reality as they struggled to close out an election supplement. The Crimson, however, was not spared from the chaos. There was a party upstairs in our rental space and, as in Adams House, the music throbbed and the feet pounded overhead. Unlike Adams, though, the Crimson building was not constructed for all-purpose use. Each drum sequence shook the support beams. "The place," a friend said, "is going to crumble. Those people will come crashing through the roof, into the newsroom." We agreed that the computer network would be the first...
...general, the direction skillfully manipulates time and distance to create moments of pee-in-your-pants terror. From the ominous overhead shots of Chicago's freeways to the imposing grayness of the University of Illinois, the dark backdrop intensifies the terror. And terror abounds, most notably during Helen's psychiatric exam and her memorable first kiss with Candyman (his mouth is filled with bees). The soundtrack by Philip Glass is appropriately haunting...
...workers, will start to see the benefits of independence as your overhead costs decrease and your flexibility increases as you begin to serve the private sector," he said...
...personal computers. To pay for the cutbacks, the company said it would take a $2.1 billion charge against earnings, a move that could make 1992 the second loss year in a row. Top IBMers are trained to look at the bright side. The cutbacks, they say, will reduce overhead by about $4 billion beginning...