Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...articles the Journal, Administration and CIA officials described in unusual detail the of the four-year-old contra program. Among the most important disclosures: American CIA agents have been directly involved, flying and firing from helicopters, in attacks on Nicaragua. And CIA optimism about the contras' prospects laded quick Internal 1982 memos predicted the fall of Managua by Christmas...
...toward a Soviet tank shed, intending to take photographs through a window. At 3:50 p.m., according to Schatz, a Soviet sentry suddenly appeared from a wooded patch about 100 yards from the men. "Watch out!" shouted Schatz. "Come back!" Without warning, American officials charge, the sentry fired three quick rounds from his AK-47 assault rifle. One of them whistled by Schatz's ear, a second went wide, and the third tore through Nicholson's chest as he turned. "I've been shot, Jess," the major gasped. Schatz grabbed a first-aid box and started running toward...
...quick to agree with some of this, claiming that it did indeed make money by fulfilling its fixed-cost contracts at a lower cost and a quicker pace than projected. In effect, it argues, the Pentagon is complaining that an efficient company benefited from cost underruns, rather than being faced with cost overruns. The whole point of these contracts, argues G.E., is to give the supplier an incentive to perform better. "There were no cost overruns and no overcharging," declared Brian Rowe, a G.E. vice president. "The Government did not pay one cent more than it contracted to pay." Both...
...Terrier bats began to come alive in the fourth, as the visitors wrapped a pair of singles around a line drive to center. Baldual however, saved the day by grabbing a squibble tagging the runner moving up from Inst and completing the double-play with a quick throw to first...
...long-term threat to America's economy. Glow growth in both the GNP and productivity give the economy fewer resources to use in the future. Even after two years of plenty created by budget deficits and an upswing in the business cycle, the prospects are not good for continued quick growth. American technological advances the mainspring of our economy since well before the time of Henry Ford, are being challenged more effectively by the Japanese while cheap labor countries are taking over other markets. The problems of conserving and/or replacing ever scarcer resources has been all but ignored. Keeping...