Word: ratchet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bret Schundler of Jersey City, New Jersey, Frank Jordan of San Francisco, and Stephen Goldsmith of Indianapolis, Indiana, the so-called Prince of Privatization, who refers to his citizens as "customers." Goldsmith believes in "marketizing" his city -- making every sector of it more competitive. He adds, "We have to ratchet down costs as much as possible...
...organized until mid- September, when Clinton gave his first speech on behalf of the treaty in the East Room. Behind the scenes, deputy director of communications Rahm Emanuel sent Clinton a three-page, single-spaced memo outlining a two-month strategy in which the President would each week slowly ratchet up his activity on behalf of NAFTA until he was "in total immersion during the last 10 days." The memo acknowledged that Clinton started well behind his opponents, but it argued that a series of meetings with more than 100 undecided members, regular TV appearances and a coordinated campaign with...
...screwdriver to break the steering column and turn on the ignition. Popular antitheft devices like The Club, which locks a steering wheel in place, never deterred him. Most thieves spray The Club with Freon and crack it with a hammer. Wills would snip it in half with a ratchet-type tool. "He said he preferred GM cars," says agent Stott. "I think he was probably just more familiar with them...
...University of Arizona football stadium. In the center of the lab is a huge round furnace. To make a mirror, a complex ceramic mold is assembled inside the furnace and filled with glittering chunks of Pyrex-type glass. Once the furnace lid is sealed, the temperature will slowly ratchet up over a period of several days, at times rising no more than 2 degrees C in an hour. At 750 degrees C (1382 degrees F), when the glass is a smooth, shiny lake, the furnace starts to whirl like a merry-go-round -- an innovation that automatically spins the glass...
...work. He was calling other authors as well, in an effort to woo them to Random House. "He has a huge amount of personal prestige in the publishing and writing community," says literary agent Mort Janklow. "He will attract writers by the score." Will this hard-charging new chief ratchet up the best-seller wars another notch? It's a story line even Murdoch would enjoy...