Word: nonstop
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...they perform. If he finds signs of developing nerves like a stiffening body or a tendency to move off the beat, he will mutter, "It's O.K." or "Better hurry up." Says Lavery: "I am struck by the way she can cover space and by her nonstop energy. She doesn't know when to rest...
...Nonstop innovation and a sales force that is among the best in the industry have kept Wang Laboratories expanding rapidly. The company has averaged a 75% annual growth in profits over the past five years, including an 82% increase in the fiscal year that ended June 30. In the quarter that ended Sept. 30, earnings were up 84% over the same period last year...
...Bing and his two fellow freshmen from the People's Republic of China, Harvard's first undergraduates from that country, the past two months have been full of such surprises--from adjusting to the "rich" food in the Union to coping with the nonstop "commercialism" of daily life...
...hysterically funny bagged bundle of raw adrenalin, frantically moving from one side of the stage to another, arms zigzagging in all directions like erratic thunderbolts. On top of his head is a simple brown bag, two holes for eyes, one for a mouth. The patter is a never-ending, nonstop swirl of deliberately bad one-liners...
...early '60s, the airline's piston-powered DC4s and DC-6Bs were usually packed with Americans doing Europe on $5 a day. Business continued to boom after the line switched to nonstop jet service, which was still at cut rates. In 1977 Icelandic carried 240,000 passengers. But then came Freddie Laker's Skytrain flights and subsequent price slashing by the major airlines. Budget flyers could now skip both Reykjavik and Luxembourg and still save money. After losses of $15 million last year, Icelandair, its official name since 1979, slashed the number of transatlantic flights from...