Word: steeling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...both ways. Nucor's exports are down, falling globally from an annual rate two years ago of 700,000 tons to the present 30,000 tons, much of which is accounted for by Asian markets. But far more worrisome is the tough competition in the U.S. market from cheap steel made in Japan, Korea and Russia. Currency devaluations in those countries have made their products cheap for American buyers, says chairman Ken Iverson. "The U.S. is the only economy left that's doing well, so they're going to ship it all here." That makes America the consumer of last...
...fairness" in a bid to see Ken Starr's Lewinsky dossier before it heads to the Hill. "Elemental fairness dictates that we be allowed to respond to any 'report' you send to the House simultaneously with its transmission," Kendall wrote Starr on Monday. In other words, Clinton wants to steel himself against possible impeachment charges and claims a right to read Starr's report a week in advance -- plenty of time for the White House to offer its own spin...
...Japan's politicians fiddle with banking reform, the country's economic rot is striking deep into the flagship industries of steel and electronics. Hitachi has announced its first annual loss since the end of the Second World War -- about three quarters of a billion dolllars -- and it's cutting 4,000 jobs. Did somebody say "lifetime employment"? Meanwhile, steelmaker Toa, sagging under some $2 billion in debt, is reported to be pursuing a liquidation program. It would be the largest Japanese manufacturer ever to fail...
...hoop in the man's uvula came undone and fell into his throat. Fortunately, he swallowed it instead of aspirating it into his lungs, where it could have caused serious damage. After that he decided to stop putting anything in his uvula. But he's keeping the little steel barbell affixed to his tongue. At least until the next ornamental outrage comes along...
...along in Dar es Salaam, where the FBI and Tanzanian authorities have reconstructed only the vaguest outline of the attack. The solid, three-story, white stone embassy, originally housing the Israeli mission and taken over by the U.S. in 1980, is surrounded by a 100-ft. stone and steel perimeter fence, approached through two gates. A team of local guards from a private firm called Ultimate Security Ltd. patrolled the entry from the first perimeter gate to the Marine post in the embassy door, as well as the parking areas inside and outside the compound. They were backed...