Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their stock of money grows, the Japanese are at last showing tentative signs of being a little more self-indulgent. An $11 billion income tax cut this year, shorter working hours and rising incomes have increased demand for items as diverse as bread-baking machines, self-stirring saucepans, oversize TVs and imported cars. Even things "made in the U.S.A." are becoming more popular -- though not as fast as many American producers would like. Notes MITI's Sugiyama: "We're still trying hard to add to our shopping list something other than jets and computers from...
Both Bloom and Houn have won critical acclaim in their fields. Bloom recently won the "Downbeat" magazine critics' poll for the saxophone and has been compared to soprano sax masters John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter...
...Crimson kick-coverer was ruled off-sides on the play, and Jacob had to kick it again from the 15. This kick was considerably shorter, and after a longer return the Red started its crucial drive just across midfield at the Harvard 49. Three plays later, Dase's Hail Mary ruined the Crimson...
...months harmony has eluded the 48-year-old San Antonio Symphony Society and its 83 musicians. The society, citing mounting debt and flagging ticket sales, demanded a 47% drop in the musicians' payroll, either through salary cuts, a shorter season or a reduction in the size of the orchestra. The musicians complained that the society is not committed to maintaining a symphony of national caliber...
Literature & Arts B-59, "Piano Music of the19th Century: The Shorter Forms," finished astrong fifth in the ratings with 390 studentsenrolled...