The company had relinquished market share in the high-end, wood office-furniture market, a market that itself had contracted, partly because of widespread corporate downsizing. As a result, Gunlocke downsized its own operations, cutting its labor force in 1995 to 650, compared with 850 early in the previous year.
Personally, Iâve always felt that to rescue an animal means youâre the one that picks it up from the side of the road and tries to find its home, or takes it in when you find it looking so scrawny that itâs a wonder itâs still alive. But hey, thatâs just me.
Under admiralty and maritime law, rescue has another definition entirely. It means recovering goods that have been forcibly taken by one vessel from another. The property in question is referred to as a prize, and its rescue may be effected by reclaiming the property with force or by escaping.