Word: shavings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Toyota's new direction reflects political necessity following decades of U.S.-Japanese trade clashes and a yin-yanging yen. Going to America not only defeats barriers like the current 25% duty on imported pickup trucks but also lowers manufacturing and distribution costs. Toyota's nonunion U.S. workers shave some 10% from its wage bill vis-a-vis Japan, and a like amount from shipping costs. The savings can knock about $2,000 off the sticker price of a Camry that would cost $20,000 if imported from Japan...
...National Organization of Women vice president and retired Air Force colonel Karen Johnson, criticizing the Virginia Military Institute's decision to admit women but make them shave their heads like male cadets...
They didn't think he would shave his beard...
...national television. And even last week lawyers for both sides were still wrangling over such details as what to do about a pregnant cadet (kick her out when she can no longer handle the military exercises; then, if appropriate, readmit her after the child is born); whether to shave the women's heads like the male knobs (a short cut will be permissible); and whether freshmen may date upperclassmen (they...
...shorter finals period means exams will be packed more closely together; this is likely to be detrimental even to those students who don't wind up with doubles or triples. So, we would like to recommend a solution which surprisingly was not even discussed at the CUE meeting. Shave an extra day off reading period. Everyone knows that reading period is a cosmic farce to begin with. A bloated 11 days long, reading period is simply a thinly disguised extension of the semester during which professors feel free to hold classes, assign papers and problem sets and generally make...