Word: load
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...back in the philosophy department, and wars break out. Let the master race linger too long in the industrial age, and the planet is choked with pollution. If, on the other hand, you steer your beings adroitly toward the ages of information and nanotechnology (molecule building), they will spontaneously load themselves into tiny spacecraft, turn the earth into a wildlife preserve and take off to colonize other planets -- the closest thing to "winning" this game...
Chicago, City of the Big Shoulders, has always had to shoulder a big share of the network news load. A few years ago, each of the three broadcast networks had thriving bureaus there -- nearly a dozen reporters among them, all scrambling to cover most of mid-America between the Alleghenies and the Rockies...
...being done almost daily. Last week the Japanese electronics maker Pioneer bought the Japanese rights to all Carolco films, which include the Rambo series and Total Recall. Yet control of the remaining three U.S.-owned studios seems likely to remain in American hands. To reduce its $11 billion debt load, Time Warner is looking abroad for partners to take minority stakes in some of its entertainment subsidiaries. "We agree with Matsushita's concept ((of globalization)), but we disagree % with the execution," says Time Warner chairman Steven Ross. "Parent companies should keep their national identities...
...predominantly people over the age of 40. In obese people, cells quickly become sated and sluggish. They reduce their sensitivity to insulin and, thus, their appetite for glucose. To compensate, the pancreas heroically pumps out more and more insulin. Usually it is able to keep up with the work load. As Dr. Jeffrey Flier, an endocrinologist at Beth Israel Hospital, emphasizes, "Most obese people do not have diabetes." In susceptible individuals, however, obesity can overload the system, and insulin-producing cells begin to stop functioning. One intriguing, if controversial, hypothesis suggests that obese people may produce large quantities of amylin...
...based operator of the 7-Eleven chain of convenience stores, which filed for Chapter 11 protection last month after failing to manage its $2 billion in obligations. Financial analysts warn that many other debt-ridden businesses could be headed for bankruptcy unless they find a way to lighten their load. None of the methods are easy, but many firms are doing just that. With the same zeal they showed for leveraging up, companies are vigorously deleveraging. Their techniques range from old-fashioned cost cutting to modern tactics like debt-for-equity swaps...