Word: picking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the current troubles, the consensus of TIME's economists was that the industrial nations would soon feel the benefits of cheap oil. Growth is likely to pick up in the second half of the year, modestly in the U.S. and more robustly in Europe and Asia. But the economists acknowledged several threats to their predictions, including an increase in global trade protectionism, the long-running Latin American debt crisis and the still rising U.S. budget deficit. In the words of Walter Heller, chief economic adviser to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, the forecast was "at best, one of muted...
Fast-food junkies can pick up their orders within minutes, but finding out what they are actually eating usually involves a correspondence with company headquarters. Last week, though, five major chains bowed to longtime demands from consumer groups and more recent pressure from the attorney generals of New York, California and Texas for on-site fast-food labeling. McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Jack in the Box confirmed that listings of ingredients and nutritional content of all menu items will soon be available at numerous outlets...
...million -- a mind-boggling sum when one considers that Teddy Roosevelt, the first President to fly (19 months out of office), strapped himself into a spruce-and-wire rig down in St. Louis in 1910 and chugged over a field at 50 ft., waving his fedora. You could pick up a couple of those planes from Orville and Wilbur Wright in Dayton for about $10,000. The price of the 747s, which ultimately will come close to $300 < million including crew training, support units and spare parts, is gargantuan even when compared with the famous Boeing 707s introduced...
...years we've brought people here that have no other way of getting to Boston," says Director of the Dance Center Iris M. Fanger. This summer David Gordon and the Pick-Up Company will perform in late July and Remy Charlip will dance a New England Premier Concert the following weekend...
...York based and Fanger, a noted dance historian and critic who writes for the Boston Herald, says she makes several trips to New York each year to help her cull her 17-member faculty. Lucinda Childs, head of the Lucinda Childs Dance Company, David Gordon, head of the Pick Up Company and Remy Charlip are among this year's noted teachers...