Word: twinning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Consumers Power Co. is spending $1 million a day in interest payments to keep its Midland project going. Consumers Power's long-term debt now exceeds the firm's shareholder equity by more than $1 billion; Chairman John D. Selby has warned that if the twin reactors are not finished, the company, which has 1.3 million electric customers, could be forced into bankruptcy proceedings. The credit ratings for bonds issued by several utilities have been lowered. Moody's Investors Service dropped the ratings on bonds put out by Public Service Co. of Indiana from Baa2 to Ba2 after the company...
...transformation was largely complete by the mid-'70s. But by then, under the twin prods of hard times and rising unemployment, the immigrant question had become a political issue. Responding to pressure from their voters, governments placed heavy restrictions on new immigration. Too late. A new, alien and highly visible population was already entrenched in ghettos across the Continent: in Kreuzberg, along the Wall, in West Berlin; in large areas of Paris, Marseilles, Lyons; in the old quarters of Amsterdam and Utrecht; in the Brussels communes of Saint-Josse, Saint-Gilles and Schaerbeek; in Brixton, Toxteth and two dozen...
...four years ago, Marilyn Cochran's giant-slalom title in 1969 constituted the Americans' solitary accomplishment in any of the three World Cup disciplines: slalom, giant slalom and downhill racing. While winning three overall championships since 1980, Mahre has skied away with three individual World Cup titles, and his twin brother Steve is a past world champion in the giant slalom. While both Mahres have begun the young season poorly, Phil standing 62nd and Steve 45th on the World Cup charts, they appear undismayed. Finding the groove can be like reaching up and flicking on a switch. In any order...
...barely lacrosse. Skiing is not a necessity in Lexington, Ky., but the reigning women's overall World Cup champion, Tamara McKinney, is from there. For three years, Phil Mahre of Yakima, Wash., has been the men's overall World Cup king, and his twin, Steve, holds the World Championship gold medal in the giant slalom. Skiers have been spotted in the Cascades before, but none like the Mahres (pronounced mares), who are leading the most promising U.S. team in history to the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo...
...just to score points. Well versed in the details and jargon of Washington, he nonetheless talks about ideas in layman's terms; he often says that one must not overestimate the audience's specific knowledge or underestimate its intelligence. His most difficult feat is avoiding the twin pitfalls of overaggressiveness and overfamiliarity. Says U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Jeane Kirkpatrick: "He is tough enough to make it interesting to engage in the discussion, but the questions are always straight and fair...