Word: reaps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...America. As chairman of St. Louis-based General Dynamics, he presides over the top U.S. defense contractor and No. 1 beneficiary of the Reagan military buildup. Megabuck contracts to build weapons such as the Trident nuclear-missile submarine, F-16 fighter plane and M-1 tank helped General Dynamics reap revenues last year of $7.8 billion and profits of $382 million, up 33% from...
...imbalances in non-Ivy play may level out as other colleges begin to reap those benefits as well...
...accused of partiality to the rich would win a majority among voters earning between $12,500 and $25,000 a year? That the candidate whose presidency gave birth to the term gender gap would carry the women's vote by a thumping 57%? That the oldest President ever would reap 59% of the ballots cast by voters ages...
...flawless safeguards against disaster often seem like impossible or impractical luxuries. Lurching sometimes, stumbling at others, technology and its many implications move forward. "As a society," says Michael Brown, author of Laying Waste, a study of toxic chemicals in America, "we have to accept reasonable risks in order to reap reasonable benefits." Knowing the benefits is easy. The hard part is achieving acceptable odds on the risks. -By Natalie Angler. Reported by Jay Branegan/Washington and Peter Stoler/New York, with other bureaus
...investors, though, were happy with the change. Some Wall Streeters feared that rumors based on exit polls could stampede the market during trading and create wild price swings. Others worried lest speculators who follow the vote use their knowledge of the balloting to reap profits. Said William Le-Fevre, market strategist for Purcell, Graham & Co.: "The market should not open because there is too much room for abuse." Exchange officials discounted such concerns. "We deal with rumors day in and day out here," said a spokesman, "and I don't think there will be any more or any less...