Word: whipped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Texas property known as the Clear Lake Development Facility, currently owned by aerospace giant McDonnell Douglas. The measure had been quietly inserted into the bill, after it had passed the House and the Senate, by Republican Senator Kit Bond of Missouri, where McDonnell Douglas is based, and by House whip Delay, in whose suburban Houston district the property is located. A second provision, inserted by Mississippi lawmakers, called on nasa to give its 1,200-acre Yellow Creek Facility near Iuka, Mississippi, to that state-along with $10 million to reimburse the state for roads and other improvements to support...
...scorched-earth policy, a lobbyist who works both sides of the aisle risks being denounced as the enemy by Republican leaders. "There are liberal Democrats in this town who are trying to destroy the revolution, and I'm not going to be their friend," declares House majority whip Tom Delay. "I'm their enemy; I'm their most deadly enemy...
...France; leader of the venerable Halla Orchestra in Manchester, England; and associate principal guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. As flamboyant on the podium as his mentor Seiji Ozawa but far more probing and analytical, Nagano wields his baton with the alan of a lion tamer cracking a whip. His lank, dark hair flies, his arms soar skyward, and a broad smile crosses his face: the laid-back, almost diffident surfer dude is suddenly transformed into the happiest dervish in the world...
...while Kodak has a much clearer case than the U.S. automakers did, it is not likely to get much help from the U.S. government, despite this investigation. The U.S. used up a lot of ammunition in the recent trade battle. It is not going to threaten sanctions again, or whip up public support for another big battle. The best thing Kodak has going for it right now is its chief, George Fisher. When he headed Motorola, he was extremely aggressive in breaking into Japanese markets against much tougher odds. He knows the players, and the rules...
...over Yale was certainly the highlight of the spring. The dual meet was qualifier for the prestigious Harvard-Yale-Oxford-Cambridge meet over the summer, and everyone on the Crimson wants the chance to whip the Brits...