Word: ran
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...today's temple of the body is the health spa, its altar is the Nautilus machine and its Bible is Prevention, the 38-year-old monthly health magazine (circ. 2.9 million). Prevention once ran an article on how to guard against skin cancer; each year, it said, readers should measure every mole on their bodies (with a little help from their friends) and keep careful records on a diagram...
Grumman's woes began to surface last year, when the Bethpage, N.Y., company ran into a series of costly delays in its F-14 fighter program, caused mainly by the failure of subcontractors to deliver the planes' avionics systems on schedule. Grumman's 1987 profits dropped 55%, to $36 million. Now the company faces a new problem: Carlucci intends to end funding for Grumman's A6 Navy bomber, which accounted for 15% of last year's pretax profits. "If any company in defense is vulnerable, it is Grumman," says Paul Nisbet, an industry analyst with the Prudential-Bache investment firm...
...else. Atlanta is free at last. The traces of a Georgia town -- a big Georgia town, but still a Georgia town -- are gradually disappearing, as the suburban office parks fill up with Yankees. Even people who sound like they might be from Georgia seem to be disappearing. Atlanta magazine ran a story called The Vanishing Southerner -- a character who can be heard, as he fades away, grumbling that all the places that used to serve barbecue have been turned into places that serve sun-dried tomatoes...
Even more frustrating to Jackson is the possibility that the nomination might go to an also-ran who finished well behind him in the balloting: "I have more white votes than ((Richard)) Gephardt got before he dropped out." And aides mutter that the choice of Al Gore would set Jackson seething...
Cooney leaned out the window of the Chrysler, pointed the rifle in the driver's face and demanded his wallet. He then fired two shots into the side of the car, and the boys' luck ran out. The driver turned out to be an off- duty policeman. Ducking down, the officer drew his .38 pistol, stuck it out the window and fired five times. At least one shot hit Cooney square in the face. Four more bullets strafed the Chrysler as it sped away, Cooney dying in the front seat...