Word: quit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Problem is, several thousand other shiftless men have the same idea, and almost as soon as Mickey and Bobby wake up in the morning, they discover that one of them has gotten the boot. In a gesture of amyl-nitrate reinforced friendship, both gentlemen quit, sealing their bonds of brotherhood and looming poverty...
...acoustically padded walls are easily cleaned with the central vacuum- cleaning system. After dinner she may watch a prerecorded episode of Dallas on their VCR and remotecontrolled color TV. When 6-ft. 4-in. Dan stretches out on the double bed for a night's sleep, Robin, who quit her job in a tax collection office to become one of the nation's 48,600 licensed women drivers, takes the wheel. The old stereotype? "We don't associate with that," says Robin. Indeed, they do not even communicate much with other drivers over the ubiquitous CB radio. They prefer...
...pride never died. "The Communists have lost ground while I've been President," Johnson said in the fall of 1967. And there grew the faint hope that maybe the adversary would want to quit fighting and talk, and that, too, always seemed just beyond his reach. "I come to the office thinking Ho has to be on the line. But he isn't, and we can't fool ourselves about Ho. It's like an old cowboy used to say, 'There's no use being poor and stupid all your life when you can buy a pint of whiskey...
...some ways, people with machines orphaned by IBM are better off than those who bought from firms that filed for bankruptcy (such as Franklin, Gavilan, Osborne and Victor) or simply quit the computer field (Coleco, Mattel, Timex). IBM's higher-priced models are still enormously successful, which ensures a steady stream of IBM compatible software, some of which will run on the PCjr. Moreover, the giant company has promised to continue to provide parts and service "as long as the product is around...
...investigation, and finally indicted on fraud and larceny charges last October, he was too preoccupied to be effective. Although Reagan defended Donovan to the end, many of the President's aides and union leaders alike were relieved when Donovan, advised that he would soon be facing a trial, finally quit two weeks...