Word: size
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...always has. China is the stuff of our earliest memories, the faraway land where children were starving (or so our parents told us when we were young), so we had better finish our dinners. The place we could reach by digging deep in our sandboxes; a measure of size ("I wouldn't do that for all the tea in China"); a country whose mere name conjured mystery and intrigue...
...machetes plundered the ravaged streets of Christiansted and Frederiksted, helping themselves not just to necessities like food and water but also to TV sets, liquor and clothing. As days passed and no outside help came, the looting spread. Thieves browsed through merchandise, trying on sneakers to get the right size. Stores not smashed by the storm were vandalized by hooligans. Lonnie and Elena Scribner, honeymooning on the island, watched as islanders roamed through the debris grabbing whatever they could carry. Gunfire could be heard throughout both cities...
Uniroyal Goodrich, which was formed by the merger of Uniroyal and B.F. Goodrich in 1986, sees the deal as vital to its long-term survival. In a business in which size has become synonymous with strength, Uniroyal Goodrich is looking to Michelin for financial might and technical know-how. If the merger is completed, the new company (combined 1988 sales: $10.9 billion) may well surpass Goodyear ($10.8 billion) as the world's largest tiremaker...
Says Schwartz, "We would discuss what it is we're doing that leaves women never feeling they're good enough, good enough with their own size and shape, that they can never be thin enough...
Many who opposed the hotel last spring--and successfully fought for a zoning change to limit the size of new construction on the site--said yesterday that even though they still disapprove of the plan, they can live with...