Word: use
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...said Polaroid's experience helped shape the bill. The instant photography company, which is incorporated in Delaware, made use of a Delaware law that bars completion of a takeover for three years unless the raider either gets approval of the target company's board or buys 85 percent of its stock...
...phasing out production of ozone-destroying CFCs by the end of the century. But that is not good enough for the environment-conscious citizens of Vermont. Governor Madeleine Kunin will soon sign state legislation designed to curb the chemicals more swiftly. Starting in 1993, selling new cars that use CFCs in air conditioners will be illegal in Vermont...
...northern state where the average July temperature is only 68 degrees F, but Vermont hopes its action will send a message to the rest of the U.S. It will certainly send a disturbing message to Detroit, since more than 75% of cars sold have air conditioners, and all those use CFCs. While automakers have no quarrel with the need to find substitute coolants, they doubt they can meet Vermont's timetable...
...will emphasize British ties to NATO while espousing the goal of ridding the world of nuclear weapons by the year 2000. Labor's new position, which must be approved at the party's annual conference in October, also asks NATO to abandon its flexible-response strategy based on possible use of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons and to renounce first use of nuclear arms...
...spring sends librarians, market researchers, consultants and journalists scurrying to mine its nuggets. But the Census Bureau publication goes well beyond gee-whiz numbers. Its 1,450 tables and charts offer a fascinating window on the world. With imagination -- and strong eyes for the fine print -- a reader can use the Abstract to make at least a little sense out of the world's never-ending and confusing blizzard of information...