Word: sweetening
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...sweeten the deal even further, NBC also reduced Carson's work load. Johnny, a pioneer of the four-day week, now does his late-night talk show 38 weeks a year. In the future, said NBC, he will have to work only three days a week for 25 weeks and four days for 13 weeks. If you want to divide that with the calculator you got for Christmas, you will come up with Johnny's hourly salary?$13,123. There's more than one way to beat inflation, eh, Arthur Burns...
...about a mite spoiling for a fight. But every opponent has a stinger, a scent or a size that is superior. Carle has designed the book to fit the tale: as the heroine meets larger animals, the pages grow in size. None of the confrontations manage to sweeten the insect's disposition. That transformation is accomplished by powers that neither ladybug nor reader can resist: hunger and exhaustion...
...revels are ended. That white dreadnought of a house at 165 Eaton Place is deserted, although two weddings sweeten the sorrow...
...more than the stock was selling for just before the offer was announced, analysts at Kidder, Peabody & Co. think the stock should be worth about $48 a share to United. Whether Gray will eventually go higher cannot now be foreseen-but in the Otis takeover, United did sweeten its offer after an initial bid failed...
...plants now using natural gas will be compelled to switch to coal as soon as possible. The cost to U.S. industry will be incalculably huge; the utility plants alone will be required to spend an estimated $75 billion on conversion. Tax credits and federal loans will be given to sweeten the wrench. Plants that cannot convert from gas will be taxed for its continued use. The energy plan may allow some relaxation of antipollution laws in order to speed up the transition to coal...