Word: strains
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strain on rockers' ears is slowly easing. Musicians no longer perform before walls of loudspeakers. Today giant speakers are relegated to the sides of the stage or suspended from the proscenium. "Half the concerts are quieter on the stage than anywhere else in the house," notes Flansburgh. Many rockers now sport protective gear during practice sessions and even during performances. Saxophonist Benjamin Bossi of the Ordinaires, a New York City- based band, dons headphones before concerts. Fred Schneider, vocalist for the B-52's, stuffs tissue into his ears. Rock Promoter Bill Graham, who is shepherding the current Amnesty International...
...Southwest Plan for consolidating 109 ailing Texas S and Ls by the end of next May. The thinking behind the mergers is that the firms will save money by combining and streamlining operations and thus stand a better chance of survival. But the rescue plans will put a severe strain on the already cash-starved Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC), the industry insurance fund that provides the money for the bailouts...
Another source of concern is the growing pile of consumer installment debt, which has nearly doubled, from $311 billion in 1981 to $613 billion last year. Normally highly profitable for banks, consumer loans could strain industry balance sheets if a large number of credit-card holders defaulted during a recession...
Because of the rigidly democratic procedure America employs for selecting its team, in this country the Olympic mountain has two peaks, and many of the athletes are in the process of trying to hold their bodies together after the recent trials for the second climb in September. The strain of it is as heavy as the oofing and puffing of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, the regal heptathlete who has transcended her event. Almost nobody knows what in the world a heptathlete does, but almost everyone knows she is the best in the world at doing...
Leder was at the center of a national controversy this spring after Harvard received the exclusive marketing rights for the genetically-altered strain of mice he created to do cancer research. It was the world's first animal patent...