Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have one super player. The talent is spread out more equally on this year's team," Scalise said...
...survey for Oct. 16 to 19, updated after the debate, showed Carter leading the incumbent by 4%-48% to 44%, with 8% still undecided. Before the debate, the figures had been 45% for Carter, 42% for Ford, with 13% undecided. The Harris/ABC poll had precisely the same pre-debate spread between the two major candidates-45% to 42% for Carter, with 5% for Independent Candidate Eugene McCarthy, 1% for Lester Maddox and 7% undecided. An earlier Gallup sounding gave Carter 47%, Ford 41%, with the rest for other candidates or undecided...
...they don't." Many did not. Wielding a corporate ax as probably only an outsider could, he consolidated some unprofitable operations, sold off others (including the then losing New York Yankees), and imposed rigid cost controls, all of which trimmed a case of middle-age corporate spread at CBS and led the company to 17 straight quarters of high profit. But some executives bridled at what they considered Taylor's arrogance, which apparently grew as quickly as the company's earnings. It is said that Taylor once stormed up to a man using a telephone booth...
Like Lassa fever, Marburg virus disease is highly infectious. Though scientists still do not know the exact mechanism, the disease can be transmitted by contact with infected blood, tissue and even semen; it may also be spread by particles in the air. No cure has yet been found, although doctors are hoping a serum can be made from blood of surviving victims who have antibodies against the virus...
Langmuir said the panel left Atlanta two weeks ago with no "coherent" theory about the cause or spread of the disease. "To be this much in the dark when you have a lifetime of experience is rather embarrassing," he added...