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Word: maneuverable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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The most hotly contested use of an ESOP is at Polaroid, which has put 14% of the company's stock into employees' hands as a maneuver in its bitter six- month battle against a takeover bid by Shamrock Holdings, owned by the Roy Disney family. Because Massachusetts-based Polaroid is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Own the Place | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

The rabble wanted coach Wyche cashiered last year, when the team won only four games (its total losses this season). So many of his inventions were exploding on the pad, Wyche acquired the nickname "Wicky Wacky" and waited woefully for general manager Brown's expected summons. When Brown did call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Just A Super Bowl of Crescendos | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

In another evasive maneuver, the F-14s dove to 3,000 ft. This gave the Navy flyers a tactical advantage: their radar could now look up for a clear view of the approaching targets. The less sophisticated Soviet-made radars on the Libyan craft had to contend with the clutter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chemical Reaction: The U.S. presses Libya over a nerve-gas plant | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

The tape supports additional assertions of administration officials that the two F-14's repeatedly tried to maneuver away as the Libyan fighters pursued them; the pilot of the lead F-14 can be heard counting each time he tries to head away, only to have the "bogies jink back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pentagon Says Libyan Jets Were Armed | 1/6/1989 | See Source »

Needless to say, Larry swished one, and my roommate was choking on his words so badly we had to administer the Heimlich maneuver.

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Bird Will Fly Again | 12/14/1988 | See Source »

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