Word: pinches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...full-time positions at an average hospital. Says Tina Filoromo, president of the National Association of Nurse Recruiters: "As long as there were herds of us at the front door, no one cared how many went out the back door. Now hospitals are feeling the pinch...
Though the walkout will continue to pinch the revenues of all commercial airlines in the short run, the longer term prospects may not be so bleak. Air carriers may have to operate at reduced schedules for perhaps a full year, while the Federal Aviation Administration trains new air-traffic controllers to replace those fired by the President last week. This would force the companies to curtail flights of their less efficient planes, including DC-9s and Boeing 727s, and ultimately to accelerate the selling off of the aging planes, which has actually already been under way for months. With fewer...
These are classic symptoms of a heart attack, or what doctors call a myocardial infarction. Such attacks occur all too frequently in the U.S., striking one American every 21 seconds. They can hit suddenly, without any obvious hint of previous disease, when coronary arteries pinch shut in a spasm. But they usually result from a lifelong buildup of fatty deposits in the arteries that nourish the heart. If these coronary vessels become badly obstructed, the flow of vital blood and oxygen is reduced or cut off entirely. When that happens, parts of the heart are starved. It is the death...
First, she actively recruited. The 1978 squad consisted of only ten players--enough for a starting lineup and one pinch hitter, but not respectability. In the spring of 1979, however, Ippolito managed to convince 50 people that they wanted to play club softball...
...only year in which both teams in the Fall Classic had a pinch-hit home run. Name the sluggers...