Word: writes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clearly. They are not frightened by our nuclear might. They will not start a war. They're worried about one thing: if democracy develops here, if we succeed, we will win. For this reason they have begun a campaign against our leadership, using all means, including terror. They write about the apparat that broke Khrushchev's neck, and about the apparat that will now break the neck of the new leadership...
Rumors of sweeping layoffs and cost cuts had been causing high anxiety at the company for weeks. Even so, when AT&T announced last week that it would close some of its plants, eliminate 27,400 jobs and take a $3.2 billion write-off against its fourth-quarter earnings, the sheer magnitude of the reductions was stunning. The job cuts alone were the largest in the firm's history, and the write- off will all but wipe out 1986 after-tax earnings, which had been expected to approach $2 billion. While one spokesman for the Communications Workers union accused...
...write-off is the second largest in the company's history, trailing only the $5.5 billion reorganization charge the company took in the fourth quarter of 1983, when the breakup of the Bell System was just starting. Like many other large U.S. corporations, from Exxon to General Motors, AT&T has been forced to slim down to compete more effectively in an increasingly fierce global marketplace. Last week IBM said it had reduced its 242,000 American payroll by 10,000 jobs in 1986 by offering employees incentives for early retirement. The computer company says it sees "no signs...
...Selena, Olebogeng's mother. He shook her hand, kissed his sister and playfully cuffed the ears of two younger brothers. Two other brothers who also work as miners were expected at any moment. His father was still in the fields, but neighbors flocked to greet Vincent. "You don't write, and you don't send money," said his beaming mother in mock irritation. "I should be angry, but you're tired, and I'm glad you are home...
...still too early to know whether the contras will drown in the tidal wave of revelations currently washing over the White House. Certainly it is unwise to write off an army that has repeatedly shown staying power, if not fighting prowess. Indeed, in Nicaragua, there is talk that Honduras' recent attacks were a diversionary tactic to allow the contras to infiltrate Nicaragua in time for a spectacular holiday attack. In Honduras, however, the word is that the contras' fireworks will not begin until the end of January. Whenever the contras finally do resume their war, the pyrotechnics will have...