Word: shoulder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...consider setting up a revolving loan pool to be used by Latin American and other countries to cope with escalating interest rates. To do the job, the credit line would have to be in the $10 billion to $20 billion range. Thurow argued that the banks should have to shoulder more of the cost of the questionable loans they have made to Latin America. Said he: "There are some real losses out there that nobody wants to take, and you are going to have to spread them out somehow among bank shareholders, the taxpayers of the creditor countries...
...division four years ago, he thinks war is impossible to convey on film because "you can't see anything in actual combat. To do it right," he says, "you'd have to blind the audience with smoke, deafen them with noise, then shoot one of them in the shoulder to scare the rest to death. That would give the idea, but then not many people would come to the theater...
...trek from Maltagalpu to the northeast province of Jinotega, took over three hours. As a driven rain fell. Oscar, our driver, skillfully maneuvered the bus along winding mountain roads. Armed peasants waved as we passed, and we questioned the kind of existence where people are forced to shoulder rifles while tending their fields and cattles. The booming voice of our escort--a campesino--explained that the bridge we were crossing had been blown-up five times by counter-revolutionaries...
...Army opportunities, Sergeant Yasenak. May I help you?" Just as he is leaving for lunch, a hot prospect rings up. With the phone cradled on one bony shoulder, Yasenak flips on a lamp and leans over his desk from the front, pulling out a file card as he says, "Sure, uh-huh-what time do you get home from work?" Within 90 seconds, tops, Yasenak has the youngster agreeing to take a 334-item aptitude test. "A little old gray-haired lady administers it," the sergeant says, "and you'll be asked questions about all kinds of strange things...
...people realize how competitive the software industry is. One must look over one's shoulder at all times. Take it from someone who did not, and is now, after 2½ years in the industry, retired...