Word: rayed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...anti-Texan to trash. Aimed at "deliberate" litterers, 18-to-34-year-old men who are unmoved by threats or appeals to civic duty, the "Don't Mess" theme has struck a chord with Texans' sense of defiant pride during tough times. Celebrities such as Guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds rock group have appeared in radio and TV spots, and the slogan is being proclaimed on bumper stickers, T shirts and even beer-can holders. Best of all, the campaign works: a research-agency survey found that after nine months, litter had been reduced a remarkable...
Some of the rank-and-file controllers have started procedures to establish a new union to replace PATCO, which was smashed in the 1981 strike. The Administration's dismissal of 11,500 strikers, although politically popular, is still hotly argued from a safety standpoint. Claims Ray Brown, an ALPA executive and air-safety consultant, about the Administration: "Instead of listening to the message, it killed the messenger. Now the message has resurfaced because the new people are expressing the same problems...
...made to fumble twice, losing something more than the ball the second time. Thereafter, tiptoeing Miami receivers represented the advancemen for Heisman Quarterback Vinny Testaverde's worsening nightmare, detonated by the interceptions of large Linebackers Shane Conlan and Pete Giftopoulos but generated by the deceptions of miniature Defensive Backs Ray Isom and Duffy Cobbs...
Corporate Editor: Ray Cave...
Corporate Editor: Ray Cave...