Word: winnow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...devised a $56-a-month credit plan for Ford buyers ("$56 for '56"); later he was intent on the Mustang's exceeding the Falcon's all-time one-year auto sales record of 417,000 ("417 by 4/17"); still later, he introduced his "shuck the losers" plan to winnow out unprofitable departments. In 1960, Iacocca took over as head of the Ford car division...
Journalists defend the polls. "Sure, they're skewing the race," Woodlief said. "I'm not so sure that's a bad thing. They winnow out the candidates. They give a framework to the competition. At some point we have to look at the probable winners...