Word: recoups
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ensconced in the ancient caves of Yenan, dug into the loess foothills of the Liang Mountains, the Chinese Reds began to recoup their losses and regain their strength. Then, with the Japanese pressing south from Manchuria, the stage was set for a rapprochement between the Communists and the Nationalists. Now a division commander, Lin made his debut against the Japanese the high point of his military career: at dawn on Sept. 25, 1937, Lin's men ambushed the Japanese Itagaki Division in the shadow of the Great Wall. The defeat is still recalled with awe in the bars...
...group had contracted to eat dinner. He took the travelers to another place-only to be confronted at meal's end by the irate owner of the scheduled restaurant, who demanded payment for the uneaten meal. In the red by $150 as a result, Krogager decided to recoup the next year by scheduling a trip to Oberammergau. When 450 tourists signed up, he decided that there was a future in the travel business...
Payoff. Washington so far has picked up 75%, or $175 million, of SST development costs, and the bill may well soar to $4 billion. The Government intends not only to recoup its money but also to repay the losing firms' investment through still unspecified production royalties. Boeing has poured in $30 million of its own, has 2,400 Seattle technicians at work on the project. Lockheed has invested nearly $31 million in ten years of research and facilities for 1,900 engineers and other experts. In the engine competition, G.E. has spent $20 million, United Aircraft about $15 million...
Ostensibly, the brotherhood was demanding an apprenticeship program to train firemen for engineer positions. It was clear, however, that Brotherhood President H. E. (Ed) Gilbert was angling to recoup the power lost by his union in 1963 when Congress, to break a negotiations impasse over featherbedding, enacted the first peacetime compulsory-arbitration law. The arbitration board subsequently approved the elimination from yard and freight crews of nine out of every ten firemen jobs. At least 18,000 jobs have since vanished. Reacting promptly to the walkout, Federal District Judge Alexander Holtzoff held that the union had failed to properly mediate...
Guided by Jockey Braulio Baeza, Graustark breezed to a five-length victory. Owner Galbreath could undoubtedly recoup his $1,350,000 investment by selling Graustark right...