Word: quota
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think that's bad? You had Willie Mays. You had Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round the World," the Blue Jay fan said. "You guys have more than met your quota on winning for this century...
...last week the chronic rifts among OPEC's 13 members remained just below the surface. Kuwait, whose Energy Minister signed the accord reluctantly, pointedly refused to abide by the quota imposed by its fellow members...
...Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, whose squabbling has sometimes led to price wars, were relatively cooperative with one another when they met last week in Vienna. Because of strong worldwide demand for OPEC's crude, the group decided that it could boost its self-imposed production quota by 1 million bbl. a day, to 19.5 million, without suffering any serious decline in oil's market price of about $18 per bbl. Moreover, OPEC decided to review the new quotas in September, when the oil ministers meet again in Paris. They may be able to raise their output...
...present level of 3.2 million. The increasing prosperity of farm life means that the army has been forced to enlist more urban youth, who are more inclined to question orders. Despite such lures as family benefits and monthly bonuses, local officials often find it difficult to produce their annual quota of recruits. As a result, some | communities have begun to impose fines on youths who refuse to enlist. "Recruitment is even harder than family planning," a military officer complained. "You can drag a person to the hospital ((for an abortion)), but you can't drag one into the army...
...asks, looking up from the day's offerings. "Well, I don't. I eat haddock instead. Cod is full of worms. I once worked as a fish gutter, and I was supposed to pick the worms out. That was my job. But since you had to fill a certain quota of boxes in order to get paid, you often didn't bother to get all the worms...