Word: strained
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Judo, Mazda and Ryusho are dead but not forgotten. The four Wagyu bulls, smuggled from their native Japan to the U.S. in 1972, left a valuable legacy for Texas cattleman Don Lively. His stockpile of semen from the bulls and their descendants, which are believed to be the only strain ever to leave Japan, is worth $2 million. The cattle produce tender Kobe beef, a delicacy that sells in Japan for as much as $180 per lb. Lively and his partner have sold $1 million worth of the semen at $250 a vial, in contrast to $25 for the typical...
...those who buy stock in certain types of companies capitalized at less than $50 million. Regulations for this measure have not been written; critics charged that the scheme would create a new set of tax shelters -- dodges that do little for the economy but benefit those who can strain large profits through porous rules...
Although he returned to the company after several months of recovery, Cabot said then he realized he could not handle the strain of managing the vital University endowment. And, at the time, other observers were hinting that the company needed new blood in the top position...
Rotner said that the entire University wasunder "enormous financial strain," and he addedthat while the union settlement wasUniversity-wide, because FAS is larger than otherschools, "the impact on us is much larger than onanyone else...
...college and qualify for the team can be daunting. Moreover, kids are increasingly functioning as junior adults in many homes, taking on the responsibility of caring for younger siblings or ailing grandparents. And youngsters' own desires -- to be accepted and popular with their peers, especially -- only add to the strain...