Word: stretched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...battle was drawn out and acrimonious, but it finally concluded in less time than it takes a Mercedes to eat up a stretch of an autobahn. Daimler- Benz, the company that makes Mercedes cars and trucks, bought its way into the top ranks of West Germany's defense contractors. The carmaker last week struck a $150 million deal to take over Dornier, West Germany's second largest aerospace manufacturer (1984 sales: about $500 million...
What is unclear is how far the city's goodwill toward Goode will stretch after last week's debacle. "I think people do not believe his handling of the situation demonstrated the kind of sensitivity to their neighborhoods they would have expected," said black Democratic City Councilman John Street. "I think he's going to hurt first and hardest in his own backyard." City Councilwoman-at-Large Agusta Alexander Clark, a Goode ally, is worried. "The brother was Mr. Teflon," she said. "He's been scratched now. The question is, Has he been scratched all the way down...
After years of rolling on what seemed like an unstoppable joyride, the personal computer industry is going through a bumpy stretch of slowing growth, sagging profits and ruinous competition. Rough times have arrived for almost everyone in the business, from computer manufacturers and retailers to the semiconductor companies, which supply the microchips that make the machines work...
Rather than eliminate most weapons, the Pentagon will probably stretch out production runs, which will end up being more expensive in the long term. In addition, research and development, which has blossomed under the Reagan spigot, may come under fire, perhaps even threatening the future of the Star Wars initiative. As in past years, training, spare parts and operations may suffer most because cuts in these areas are less visible than the abandonment of entire weapons systems. Says former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger: "We will see a decline in readiness." Pentagon officials hope that Congress will be flexible in imposing...
...been in 10 playoff games already," Crimson Coach Alex Nahigian says, referring to the must-win nature of every game down the stretch. "The kids responded," Nahigian adds. "They rose to the occasion Let's hope they continue...