Word: atlanta
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there's an erosion of brand loyalty." Starwood Hotels & Resorts chairman Barry Sternlicht tried in vain to lure Schrager to his camp. The company, which owns the Westin and Sheraton chains, is currently busy rolling out the self-consciously hip W line of hotels in 16 cities, including Seattle, Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles. Hyatt is opening more of its smaller, luxury Park Hyatt brand--boutiques for grownups--while Marriott and Bass hotels are taking notes...
First it was the Jets. Wayne Chrebet, a wide receiver, broke his foot while making a cut upfield during an exhibition game. Then Vinny Testaverde, their quarterback, popped his Achilles tendon pushing off to recover a fumble. Last week the Atlanta Falcons star running back, Jamal Anderson, tore a knee ligament trying to outmaneuver linemen. In each case the only contact the players had was with the artificial turf. Both teams had been playoff hopefuls, the Falcons eyeing a return to the Super Bowl. Now it is doubtful these teams can put together a winning season. At least nine other...
Multipurpose. Harold Halpern, an Atlanta tax accountant, has used home-equity loans to buy, among other things, an Isuzu Trooper, a vacation home and an adjacent lot. Currently, he is drawing on a $60,000 line of credit to finance his highly seasonal business, which gets nearly all its revenue during spring tax-preparation time but must pay bills year-round...
Kovach's job in Atlanta was merely one stop in a distinguished career. He began reporting in 1959 at the Johnson City Press Chronicle in Tennessee and spent much of the 1960s covering the civil rights movement, Appalachian poverty and southern politics for the Nashville Tennesseean...
...Kovach left The Times for Atlanta, where the Journal-Constitution won two Pulitzer Prizes under his leadership. But he left Atlanta in favor of Cambridge in 1988 after being denied what he felt to be sufficient editorial independence...