Word: slice
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Industrialist Armand Hammer, 88. Irked by the common confusion, the high-profile chairman of Occidental Petroleum reportedly tried a few years ago to buy the label from its owner, Church & Dwight of Princeton, N.J. But now Hammer is at least a minority Arm & Hammer proprietor, after Occidental gained a slice of ownership in Church & Dwight by a new joint venture. Under the scheme, Church & Dwight received a 50% share in a potassium-carbonate plant owned by Occidental in Muscle Shoals, Ala. In exchange, Hammer's company acquired 5% of Church & Dwight's common stock, worth about $13.3 million, plus...
...suffered from a double whammy. The three networks' share of the prime-time viewing market has dropped from 90% of the country's viewers in 1980 to 76% today, and analysts expect that percentage to drop to as low as 70% in 1990. Within the shrinking network slice of prime-time audience, the CBS portion has narrowed, from 29% in 1982-83 to 26% last year. NBC's helping, on the other hand, has grown from 24% to 27% on the strength of such winners as The Cosby Show and Family Ties. This year only NBC was able to raise...
...most details of the new tax law, the big question is how will it all work out on April 15. In consultation with the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand, TIME has created a board game to help those who file joint returns arrive at an approximation of the slice the Federal Government will be taking from their annual income...
Washington is eager to have Egypt continue in its role as a moderate, pro- Western influence in the region. In that spirit, U.S. officials worked hard last week to get an agreement signed between Egypt and Israel in the dispute over Taba, the slice of Red Sea beachfront that Israel refused to hand back to Egypt along with the rest of Sinai in 1982. While no accord was initialed before Bush's departure, officials on all sides are hopeful that an agreement for binding arbitration in the dispute can be reached soon, opening the way for a relaxation in Egyptian...
...DEADLY ROUNDUP AT SEA Pressure mounts to save the dolphin by restricting tuna fishing AND WITHIN MINUTES HALF A DOZEN POWERFUL SPEEDBOATS ARE LOWERED OVER THE SIDE INTO THE BRIGHT WATERS OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC. BURSTING INTO NOISY LIFE, THEY SLICE THROUGH THE CRESTING WAVE TOPS AT 35 KNOTS. DEAD AHEAD OF THEM, A POD OF PORPOISES, OR DOLPHINS, BOLT WITH FRIGHT, BUT THE FLEEING MARINE MAMMALS ARE SOON OVERTAKEN. LIKE COW PONIES ROUNDING UP CATTLE, THE SPEEDBOATS HERD HUNDREDS...