Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bourguiba's quick policy reversal has allayed their resentment for the time being. Late last week Bourguiba also fired Interior Minister Idris Guigah, who called out the security forces in the riots. But in defusing the violence, Bourguiba also took a step backward in resolving Tunisia's long-term economic problems. The global recession and plummeting prices of crude oil, Tunisia's principal export, have reduced revenues. The food subsidies, which would have cost the government an estimated $236 million in 1984, were a sensible target for austerity measures and had been suggested...
Buyers were quick to catch on to the manufacturing sleight of hand. Chevrolet sales slumped partly because drivers could slide into the seat of a comparable Oldsmobile or Buick for only a few hundred dollars more. Quality also suffered, since individual divisions did not have to take responsibility for the corporate clones. The X-cars have suffered an embarrassing number of recalls and face a Justice Department lawsuit...
...closed-door Central Committee plenum came early in the evening. The official TASS press agency wire fell silent and then, as Western newsmen hovered over their teleprinters, the news agency's English-language service clicked back to life, teasingly printing out a test line again and again: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs." Then came an equally puzzling message. The Central Committee members had "acquainted themselves" with the text of an Andropov speech, reported the TASS dispatch. But had they heard Andropov speak? When the text of the address finally clattered over the wire, all doubt...
...than tripled the assets it manages, from $5 billion to $18 billion. His company has grown so big that every morning it holds a long-distance staff meeting: a teleconference with portfolio managers and analysts in seven offices from San Francisco to London. While many competitors try to make quick profits by moving funds in and out of the stock market, Williams relies less on timing. He concentrates on picking promising stocks and tends to stick with them, even during market downturns. His specialty is research into the effects that economic conditions may have on industries. "We look...
When the Oilers were arranging boxing lessons, a valuable sideline in this sport, Kurri was quick to sign up. Later, each player was asked to write out what he considered to be his essential role on the team, and Kurri put down "Beating up anybody who picks on Wayne." But to date he has been held back, despite himself, by an essentially peaceful nature and snug gloves. A formidable if not imposing 6 ft. 1 in., 185 Ibs., Kurri has yet to appear in a fight. "My gloves won't shake off," he moans...