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Word: sheet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...having acquired metals and energy sources before their scarcity became apparent, he is criticized for a heavyhanded management style and for failing to keep a close eye on the company's finances. Says an analyst: "His attitude was, 'I don't care what the balance sheet looks like, I'm going to acquire natural resources and some day they'll be valuable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: British Steel Gets a Yank | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

Certainly the company's main objectives must remain production and profit, but the capitalist firm also has important social functions. The corporation will increasingly have to face the sometimes conflicting demands of the balance sheet and society. The new corporate constituency extends beyond the shareholders to embrace the company's employees, customers and the community at large. Demands for "social accountability" are increasing among legislators and consumerists and, very important, among younger corporate managers. Their questions are tough, and the answers are not clear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Capitalism: Is It Working...? Of Course, but... | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

...principal source of news in Kabul is the "night letter." These hand-printed single-sheet leaflets circulate frequently, if sporadically. One distributed last week told of Soviet soldiers killing villagers in Paktia and Kunar provinces and claimed mujahidin success against Soviet and Afghan troops. The letters are scattered in streets, thrown over courtyard walls, stuffed under doors, but most commonly circulated from food bazaars and stalls by wrapping them around bread or fruit sold to housewives and children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Frightened City Under the Gun | 4/7/1980 | See Source »

...Brag Sheet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Brief | 4/5/1980 | See Source »

They were not alone: a spokesman for the Government's own Department of Health and Human Services (the old Department of Health, Education and Welfare, minus Education, which is now a separate department) griped that his only information was a fact sheet, handed out by the President's aides, which referred vaguely to reductions in programs to combat mental illness and alcoholism and unspecified other problems. Said the spokesman: "We are not sure what that all means. We are not sure how much these programs will be cut or which health-service programs will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jimmy Carter vs. Inflation | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

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