Word: record
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...million Record settlement in the Coca-Cola bias suit, paying an average of $40,000 to 2,000 black workers...
Canadians are generally a tolerant bunch. But last summer the nation of 30 million nearly went berserk when record demand for air travel led to a spate of flight delays, cancellations and lost baggage. Unlike Americans, whose similar woes might come from a dozen airlines and agencies, Canadian flyers had a solo target for their rage: Boston-born Robert Milton, 40, the in-your-face president and CEO of Air Canada, the country's dominant carrier. Newspaper columnist Scott Feschuk, writing in the National Post, summed up the mood neatly: "Dear Bob, Your freaking airline totally sucks. Sincerely, Everyone." Even...
...managed to describe her killer to police. Penry later confessed to the murder. Last Thursday he was scheduled to die by lethal injection. That would hardly be a rare occurrence in the state of Texas: Penry, 44, would have been the 38th man executed in Texas this year, a record for a single state since authorities began keeping track in 1930. But less than four hours before he was scheduled to die, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of execution. The reason the Justices took that rare step concerns issues surrounding Penry's mental retardation...
...close working relationship with TIME's president Bruce Hallett exemplified the teamwork that we encourage and produced stunning results. Between 1995 and 1999, TIME's advertising revenues increased 63%, and ad pages are up 35%, to more than 3,000 annually. This year TIME is headed for another record. And thanks to you, TIME remains the world's leading newsweekly, with more than 28 million readers...
...W.O.D. smiled benignly. "Look at it this way, Son--poetic justice. If we had told Bubba Bill two years ago that he had let us down, that it was time to pack his bags, we'd have had Al Gore in the White House with all of Clinton's record and none of his baggage. Instead, we all rallied around him--and Gore paid the price...