Word: steeled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...home to grab some nonfat yogurt and trips over the body of her estranged husband, the millionaire Richie, stabbed through the heart with a carving knife from Williams-Sonoma. Because he cheated on Rosie for 25 years and then dumped her, some might say the bum deserved every stainless-steel inch. Nevertheless, Rosie tries to pull the knife out of Richie's body. With hers the only fingerprints on the murder weapon, and plenty of reasons to want to see the stinker dead, Rose Meyers, mother of two, becomes suspect...
...most disturbing thing is that the red ink continues to flow in an industry whose members have been striving for more than a decade to become first-class competitors. Though they have built only one new plant since World War II, American steel giants have invested more than $30 billion since 1980 in modernizing their facilities. The giants have also slashed their labor forces from 375,000 workers two decades ago to about 125,000 today. All that has paid off in greater efficiency and better-quality steel. "For several years, we used 50% Japanese steel," says Craig Corrington...
Still, it seems that the big American firms are not quite ready to compete in the world economy. They owe many of their tenuous gains to the weak dollar, which jacks up the price of foreign steel; that has helped reduce the imports' share of the U.S. steel market from a peak of 26% in 1984 to about 16% today. "The nonunion companies are world-class leaders," says John Tumazos, who follows the steel industry for the firm Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette. "The competitiveness of the large, traditional companies results primarily from the weak dollar...
Also, Robin has to rescue Maid Marian (Amy Yasbeck), who has a steel Everlast chastity belt which only the destined one can open. I hate to ruin the surprise, but the destined one is Robin Hood...
...would eliminate tariffs on "brown" liquors such as whiskey and Cognac, all the pieces fell into place. The seven signed off on the greatest tariff reductions ever achieved through international agreement. In addition to those on some liquors, tariffs will be wiped out on pharmaceuticals, construction equipment, medical equipment, steel and beer. ("Does this mean I get a better price for Molson's back in Washington?" Clinton joked to an aide. Probably not; U.S. tariffs on the Canadian Molson's and other foreign beers are little more than half a cent a bottle.) Tariffs will be reduced...