Word: arthur
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mother took the synthetic hormone diethylstilbestrol during her pregnancy. As a DES daughter, I hope that FDA Commissioner Arthur Hayes will not approve the use of Depo-Provera until long-term studies of its safety have" been made. We should not give rise, as we did with DES, to another generation of "clinical studies," but should prudently await definitive studies on Depo-Provera's safety...
...bane to carriers. An estimated 80% of all passengers flew at discounts last year, at an average saving of 50%. Such bargains are likely to continue as long as the weakest airlines are tempted to cut prices to fill seats and competitors feel compelled to follow. Says Arthur Jackson, an American Airlines spokesman: "The leaders in discounts are airlines with severe cash problems. Discounting is a way of raising money in order to pay the bills...
...competition by holding down costs, but some other small airlines are being squeezed. Air Florida, which had helped spark an earlier round of discounting, lost $64 million in the first nine months of 1982 after Delta and Eastern began matching the fares on its expanding routes. Says Arthur Bass, chairman of Midway Airlines, a Chicago-based dis counter that earned $4.5 million last year: "With excess capacity, the big airlines are out there to kill someone...
Funderburk's aggressive approach is defended by some members of his cadre of supporters on the faculty. Declares Sociologist Arthur Wilke: "I have found him receptive and capable of distinguishing issues from personalities." Says Funderburk of the criticism of his style: "You don't make people happy trying to solve the kinds of problems we face. But strong leadership was what was needed, and that is what we tried to provide...
...Moore's first megasuccess in film, Bo Derek did a little of both, accompanied by the hard-breathing beat of Ravel's Boléro. In Arthur, an even bigger hit, duties were shared by Liza Minnelli and John Gielgud, who played his long-suffering valet. There have been a couple of flops along the way, notably the ghoulish Six Weeks, whose bad reviews have left the star angry and bewildered...