Word: tractor
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...obstacles facing U.S. companies that sell abroad are nowhere more sharply limned than at the Caterpillar Tractor headquarters in Peoria, 111. Once the unchallenged leader in the manufacture of heavy-construction equipment, Caterpillar has been staggered by shrinking foreign markets and fierce competition. In 1982 and 1983 it lost a total of $525 million, and the number of employees in the U.S. assigned to the export business has fallen from 31,000 to 16,000. During 1984's first three months, it lost an additional $109 million. To stem its losses, the company has been forced to cut employment...
Meanwhile, over at Kensington Palace in London, Prince William, who went through all that two years ago this week, took a pre-birthday turn for reporters. He displayed his mastery of "Daddy," "ball," "ant" and "tractor." Headlined the Sun: WILLIE GOES TALKIES...
...aware of the country's straitened circumstances in the wake of the 1982 military clampdown, the groups wanted to assure a dignified and well-prepared Olympic showing for Polish athletes. Polish Olympic Committee Chairman Marian Renke, said a friend, was so disappointed that he looked "as if a tractor had run over...
...stepped from the bus to examine the hull of the bank's burnt-out structure, which peasant and student volunteers were reconstructing. An International Harvester tractor rusted beside several new Russian counterparts. An elder bystander complained to me that he preferred the U.S. machine, but that Ronald Reagan blocks their import. I could not help but wonder how laid-off International Harvester workers in Rock Island. Illinois or Fort Wayne, Indiana would react if they were aware of this wasted opportunity...
...play's final image, Beatrice being tortured on a giant wheel to atone for her father's murder, amidst a clutter of bicycle wheels and tractor tires, lives up to the spirit set in the earlier scenes. Director McCreery, who expressed some concern that audiences might see the play merely as an exercise in ridiculousness, need not worry. Artaud wrote occasionally about the similarity between all strong emotional reactions, and he would certainly understand the thin line between dark laughter and somber rapture. The Mather House production spans the line with ease. At the very least, The Cenci...