Word: poole
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reporters also saw heavy damage to the academy's indoor swimming pool. There was no visible evidence of any permanent artillery or antiaircraft defenses around the academy, which covered an area the size of about three football fields near the beach...
While fighting off lawsuits from the outside, accountants are also facing increasingly intense competition within their industry. Reason: merger mania has shrunk the pool of potential clients for major accounting firms. As a result, the genteel rules that once governed C.P.A. competition have gone by the boards. Says Jerome Lipman, head of his own Chicago accounting firm: "In the past, the theory was that if you had your green eyeshade on and worked at your desk, you'd get more business. That's not true anymore. You have to aggressively go after it now." Client stealing has become more common...
...from sticking next time the engine is taken apart. The makeshift caps some crews use to keep debris out of the headers may also look familiar: they're soda cans sawed in half. Finally, a newcomer will be appalled to see Garlits flip a lighted match into a pool of alcohol under his new dragster. It's a makeshift Sterno to heat up the oil pan so the engine doesn't have to start cold...
...these, like the $3.4 billion international airport at the capital city of Riyadh, are attractive and useful, others seem destined for white elephanthood. One 1,800-acre complex dubbed the "diplomatic quarter" features a lavish sports club complete with a wave machine that creates surf in a vast swimming pool. Though the club is intended to house 7,000 diplomats and their families, skeptics question whether it will attract a third that number...
While dual meets are often won by outstanding individual performances, tri-meets require a deep pool of talent. "Everyone had a strong day," Brommer said. "Usually a few people hold the team together, but this time there were plenty of seconds to go with all the firsts...