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[US] Business Week 22 Apr. 22/3: For it tells him the productivity of his store, how one department stacks up against another [DA].
at stack up, v.1
[US] Business Week 22 Apr. 24/2: Take a look at the table (above) and you will see that the straights and bonds are making their comeback [DA].
at straight, n.1
[US] Business Week 2 Nov. 103: Sullivan’s idea of Negroes bootstrapping themselves has solidified his business support [HDAS].
at bootstrap (v.) under boot, n.2
[US] Business Week 6 Dec. 192: Ma Bell’s ‘next best thing to being there’ will become far better than trying to get there [HDAS].
at Ma Bell, n.
[US] Business Week 20 Sept. 52: More than 100 nuclear plants are scheduled [...] despite some picketing and..reprints of a Life magazine article questioning the safety of ‘nukes’ [OED].
at nuke, n.2
[US] Business Week Sept. n.p.: The market then rallies, falls back to test its low – and just keeps ‘heading South,’ as they say on the Street.
at go south (v.) under south, adv.
[US] Business Week 26 July 119/2: A less extreme, cheaper, and yet often effective course for the ‘white knuckle’ passenger is to join a fairly new type of therapy group devoted to taking the fear out of flying .
at white-knuckle, adj.
[US] Business Week 1 Nov. 64: Loews was a new, deep pocket [HDAS].
at deep pockets (n.) under pocket, n.
[US] Business Week 3 July 23/3: It is a shrewd move [...] but you can’t lowball a price and expect to buy anything .
at lowball, v.
[US] Business Week 1 Apr. [headline] Commentary: Goodbye, Boss Lady. Hello, Soccer Mom — High-profile bailouts from corporate life bring women’s conflicts into sharp focus.
at boss lady (n.) under boss, n.2
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