Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...mingled relief and hope. There was relief that the strident echoes of a divisive and interminable campaign had at last died away, and, like it or not, the nation had made a clear choice. And there was hope that a new President following a new vision could make a start toward building a more confident America...
...Like many troubled U.S. executives, General Electric's Julius Mirabal recalls going to Japan in 1976 to compare production techniques. He found robots everywhere, including one cluster that had reduced the work force in a vacuum-cleaner plant from several hundred men to eight. "Unless we start doing something to increase U.S. productivity, the United States will be out of business as a country," says Mirabal, who returned from Japan to find that GE was using only ten robots; today it has 111. The auto industry now buys about 40% of industrial robots, both in the U.S. and worldwide...
...with a big gainer, the North stands would shout out "Herschel," and the South stands would come back with a big "Walker." Then the North would do its line again, and each side would keep on trying to out-yell the other. When this game died out they would start up again with something like "Georgia-Bulldogs" of "Third Down-Hold...
...FIRST two albums made this one possible. A group could not start out this tight or knowledgeable, and the power pop background enabled the band to delve into the new syncopations and melodies. Jackson now tries to write off his days as a "Spiv" rocker, but they remain at the core of the layered sound and cynical vision he now emotes...
Some contests are punctuated by a continuous, evenly-paced rhythm. This was not one of those. The Minutemen took the initiative right from the start and soon led 12-2. An alarmed Boutilier undertook a one-woman revenge and sunk three quick baskets...