Word: sportsmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...economic effects will be somewhat greater, but not catastrophic. Though trees worth at least $ 1 billion were flattened-including 4% of Weyerhaeuser's total timberlands-executives expect to salvage about 80% of the logs by sawing those not badly scorched into usable lumber. Sportsmen who venture into what was once prime fish and game area on the mountain's flanks will find nearly all life wiped out within a 15-mile radius of the crater. The rivers and state-run fish hatcheries near the mountain have been ruined as breeding grounds for steelhead trout and Chinook salmon. Said...
Everyone knows that a million is not what it used to be, yet the ranks of well-paid entertainers, sportsmen and businessmen are growing. The exclusive club of executives earning more than $1 million grew from only four members in 1977 to 13 in 1978 and to 33 last year, according to the compensation consulting firm Sibson & Co. While major union wage settlements averaged an 8.8% increase, the pay of top executives climbed...
...Olympics are supposed to be for sportsmen, not businessmen. But every four years companies pay dearly to reap the prestige and lucrative sales surge of an Olympic tie-in. The Carter Administration's Moscow Games boycott, though, has turned the summer's expected sales boom into a bust...
...attention to oppression in his country and castigated the Soviet regime for its aggressive policies. Still, Sakharov is not a man to give up easily. Two days after his banishment he phoned several friends in Moscow and issued an appeal to "all people of good will, including sportsmen and sports lovers" to demand the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan and to support human rights everywhere...
...Bowl, Rozelle has yet to take any action. He was, however, heard to mutter a few words about Tatum's cheek: "That's asking for it. Unbelievable." A number of players have joined the chorus. "Mean" Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers says flatly, "We're sportsmen, we're athletes. We shouldn't be anything else." Adds Dave Elmendorf of the Los Angeles Rams: "I think [Tatum] is in a minority...