Word: regular
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Cleanest Machine For the first time, a major manufacturer said it would be able to mass-produce a nonpolluting car. GM's electric Impact would be twice as expensive to operate as a regular chariot, but ever improving batteries should eventually change that. Besides, isn't clean air worth something...
...effect, it said that if someone was performing poorly, he would have been fired. But, says this law, since he was not fired, then by definition he was performing well, and that, in turn, means that he is entitled to a pay raise, if not a promotion, on a regular basis...
...raised its estimate of the extra costs of Operation Desert Shield from an initial $7 billion to only $12 billion. Some legislators suspect the Pentagon of playing a numbers game in arriving at its own, far higher figure. Because Congress decided to finance the gulf operation outside the regular budget, they believe, the Defense Department is exaggerating Desert Shield's price tag by including many extraneous costs...
...lucrative contract to write two books and a long list of high-paying speaking engagements for business audiences. As a recent incumbent of high federal office, Bennett could face restrictions on activities that might be construed as lobbying. To take plump fees from private industry while enjoying regular access to the Oval Office could easily create the appearance of impropriety. Though the party chairmanship pays $125,000 a year, Bennett said, "I didn't take a vow of poverty...
...TIME's Business editor for three years, Charles Alexander says he was "notorious for staying at work all night and grabbing a few hours of sleep in my office." His record: 78 hours on the job with 13 hours of intermittent naps. Today, as Sciences editor, Alexander enjoys more regular hours, but his new office still has a couch, just in case...