Word: tiring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grand hopes. But the speediness of the results ranges widely, as illustrated by two giant Midwestern companies that have gone through drastic reorganizations. While a streamlining program enabled Control Data, the computer maker, to bounce back from near bankruptcy faster than almost anyone expected, a similar process at Firestone Tire & Rubber has proved frustratingly slow in restoring the company's vigor. Their stories...
...expected, neither man gave much ground. The Secretary protested the A.N.C.'s Soviet backing and condemned tactics like "necklacing," the grisly practice of murdering blacks believed to be government collaborators by placing around their neck a gasoline-doused tire and lighting it. Tambo, who defended the use of violence on several occasions during his two-week U.S. visit, countered that the time for passive resistance to white oppression had passed. Said he: "We hope we can establish the same relationship between the U.S. that we have with European and even socialist countries." After 50 minutes the two agreed only...
...list could go on. But I tire of creation. Just remember, David Letterman has legitimized playful destruction on national television--playing with his hydraulic steam compactor, dropping things off five story buildings. So don't feel timid: take heart, go forth and destroy...
...world's most savage forms of execution. This is how it happens. In the townships of South Africa, militant black youths first capture a victim. Next they chop off his hands or tie them behind his back with barbed wire. Finally they place a gasoline-filled tire over the terrified victim's head and shoulders and set it ablaze. The melting rubber clings like tar to the victim's flesh, while flames and searing fumes enshroud him. Within minutes the execution is over. By the time the police arrive, the charred body is usually burned past recognition. Horrified family members...
...that they did. Dartmouth dominated the second period play, trying to tire out Harvard with a more controlled passing strategy. Crimson goalie Jen White, however, prevented a Dartmouth takeover in the second period with seven impressive saves. Sasner scored the fourth Harvard goal, assisted by Lind and Joslin. Toland then notched the lone tally for the Big Green with 6:30 left in the middle stanza...