Word: altmans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...firms that have been through the takeover wars. The new heroes are turnaround specialists like Sanford Sigoloff. Long known as Ming the Merciless for his fierce cost cutting, Sigoloff now runs the bankrupt U.S. operations of Australia-based Hooker Corp., which loaded up on debt to acquire the B. Altman and Bonwit Teller department-store chains...
...started with good hitting and passing in the first two games," MIT Coach Karyn Altman said. "The second two games our passing...
...became a five point match when we were tied at 10," Altman said. "You forget about the first four four games, and it's who's going to give out first...
Most Allied and Federated stores are likely to stay in business no matter how Campeau ultimately fares. The chains are far better merchandisers than B. Altman, a declining retailer shuttered last year by George Herscu, an overleveraged Australian raider who acquired the company in 1987. The problems at Allied and Federated stemmed from no fault of their own but were caused mainly by the audacious price that Campeau paid...
Tanner '88 (HBO, 1988). In the midst of the decade's most boring presidential campaign, writer Garry Trudeau and director Robert Altman invented their own candidate (played with mealy-mouthed hilarity by Michael Murphy) and concocted a brilliant satire of politics, media, life...