Word: spun
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...onetime head of ENI, the government oil agency, Cefis indulges an un-Italian predilection for sandwich-and-milk lunches at his desk. In 1971, at the age of 50, he became the head of Montedison S.p.A., Italy's biggest industrial concern but a shaky one. He promptly spun off about 15% of its operations and began a series of acquisitions that made Montedison the producer of 80% of Italy's synthetic fibers, 33% of its chemicals, 10% of its Pharmaceuticals and 40% of its department-store sales. Still, operating losses in 1971 and 1972 averaged $350 million...
...days and 11 hrs. the astronauts had spun around the earth, logging more than 24 million miles. (That record-breaking performance contrasted sharply with the current manned space efforts of the Soviets, who last week launched two cosmonauts, Vasily Lazarev, 45, and Oleg Makarov, 40, on a two-day orbital mission.) Regularly putting in 12-to 16-hour days despite their initial nausea, the Skylab 2 astronauts accomplished nearly twice as much scientific work as planned. They took over 100,000 pictures of the sun, earth and stars, collected enough data on the earth to cover 18 miles of magnetic...
Hard as it might seem for a casino operator to run in the red, S.B.M. did just that in two recent years, and barely broke even in another. But now the wheel of fortune has spun to the black again. A few days ago, S.B.M.'s president, jovial little Prince Louis de Polignac, announced a profit of $2.5 million for the year ended last March 31 and a 40% rise in the price of S.B.M. stock, to $15.50. No one was more pleased than his third cousin, Prince Rainier, known to Americans as the husband of elegant Movie Star...
...striding up the ramp toward the Rivergate convention center in New Orleans, pursued by a cluster of reporters and TV cameramen. Suddenly, his face contorted in a burst of anger, he turned on his press secretary, Ronald Ziegler, who was following him. He seized Ziegler roughly by both shoulders, spun him round, and gave him a hard shove in the direction of his pursuers. "I don't want any press with me," he snapped. "And you take care...
...audiences. There were just enough unexpected angles and lines in his face, including a slightly crooked grin, to rescue it from mediocrity. Thanks to a pair of glasses, he looked more owlish than his earlier, boyish pictures had suggested. With impressive poise and a masterly memory, Dean spun his detailed web of evidence. He readily admitted his own illegal and improper acts. But he emerged unshaken from five full days of recital and crossexamination, with his basic story challenged but intact...