Word: thinly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said the details of the concert have not yet been arranged. Kim also said Wright's performance might include an appearance by Harvard improvisational group On Thin...
Because of an auto-production glut and a consumer hunger for bargains, the Big Three have become dependent on incentives to move merchandise. Result: even when car sales are decent, profit margins are thin. General Motors said it gave up $5 billion in incentives in 1989, or $900 for every vehicle it sold. Ford pegged its incentives at $1,000 per vehicle, Chrysler at $1,200. As part of its current restructuring, Chrysler last week announced the $825 million sale of its aircraft subsidiary, Gulfstream Aerospace, to a management-led group...
...earth the danger posed by streams of subatomic particles from the sun and stars was considered insignificant. Now that assurance has been shaken, at least for those who spend much of their lives flying at high altitudes. Last week the Department of Transportation reported that radiation penetrating the thin metal skins of jetliners can pose a hazard for passengers and crews...
...those who believed in the verities of the '80s -- that greed is good, that one can never be too rich or too thin, and that abstinence and exercise will lead to eternal life -- the new decade spells trying times. Mike Tyson's crown has toppled, and the Trumps have split. Oat bran is no panacea; Drexel is bankrupt. "I suspect," says editor E. Graydon Carter, 40, co-founder of Spy magazine, "that when they find red suspenders cause back problems, that will be the final nail in the yuppie coffin...
...Bush's support is as thin as it is wide. Though the TIME/CNN survey shows that Bush wins high marks for his stewardship of foreign policy, he gets markedly lower grades for domestic affairs. While 75% say the President is providing strong leadership, they are not wowed by his habit of substituting rhetoric for action...