Word: lasts
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...lower in Britain, where a similar antimonopoly case was brought against Roche in 1973. In the U.S., where Valium prices are often even higher than in West Germany, concern is growing about the broad use of such tranquilizers; the issue was most recently spotlighted in hearings held last September by Presidential Hopeful Edward Kennedy's Senate health subcommittee...
...precise working of the drug remains a mystery, it is known that about 20 minutes after a Valium pill is swallowed, the drug reaches tiny receptors located in the brain's emotion control centers, where it has a calming effect on the central nervous system that may last several hours...
...fact that some big commercial banks offer many of the other services at a modest fee is encouraging smaller banks to forgo access to the discount window and leave the system. When Chicago's Oak Park Trust & Savings Bank withdrew its $9 million reserves from the system last May, its earnings rose...
...standing next to the Governor at the toss, was smiling, but his grin was deceptive. Hoffberger's choice violated a rule that all first-ball throwers must be approved by the commissioner, with politicians and movie stars acceptable only in rare circumstances. For disobeying the rule, Hoffberger, who last season sold his team to Washington Attorney Edward Bennett Williams, was fined $2,500 by Kuhn. Hoffberger has protested the fine and requested a hearing; Kuhn is considering the appeal. The standoff could continue into next season...
...presidency was on General Alexander M. Haig Jr.'s mind last June when he relinquished his NATO command and retired from the Army. But the onetime chief of staff of the Nixon White House soon discovered that he had no constituency to return him to Pennsylvania Avenue on his own. Last week Haig, 55, settled for a leadership role of a different sort: president and chief operating officer of United Technologies Corp., a Connecticut-based company that manufactures everything from air conditioners and escalators to jet engines and helicopters. He will earn roughly twice the $200,000 a year...