Word: spinning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would improve competition or operating efficiency. That is something that businessmen say would be exceedingly difficult to show since the hoped-for benefits might not be expected to occur for years. If such proof were not possible, the deal could still go through if the acquiring company agreed to spin off a subsidiary, division or some other large asset so that the parent firm would be no larger than it was before the linkup. The bill is strongly opposed by the business community and is unlikely to be reported out of committee this year...
Stuck back in Washington during the war, she is just a bit player here. That is dis appointing, but maybe ABC will reunite her, Ike and Kay some day in a sitcom spin-off-a sort of Three's Company Goes to Washington. Next to The Ropers, it would be hot stuff...
Another enticement out of London is the Stonehenge Spin, which not only takes in the great megalithic monument but leads also to Bath and Salisbury. The trip is best made by train...
...took apart Yale's number one John Stiepel, 6-4, 6-0. Pompan had played Stiepel and beaten him in over a half-dozen close matches previously, but never before had he so mercilessly crushed him. In the second set, Pompan played relentlessly. Mixing up hard topspin and under-spin baseline shots, with dink volleys and more forceful net shots, Pompan completely controlled the play. Stiepel wilted under the pressure, paving the way for Pompan's 6-0 second...
Greg Kirsch continued his string of fine play in a 6-3, 6-0 match at number four. His Columbia foe, Jerry Rubin, couldn't handle Kirsch's big spin serve, which bit into the outdoor courts and--helped by the wind--jumped up and out to the right...