Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sure grasp of the intricacies of their political, economic and social problems. But critics fear that Haig views the world in oversimplified, good guys-bad guys terms. Says a top State Department official who knows Haig well: "In bilateral negotiations he will have a clear objective and bargain for it effectively. But how he will deal with, say, Zimbabwe in the context of the Third World-well, the jury is still...
...effect, the Teamsters hoped to help stage an old-fashioned organization effort. There would be no NLRB to back them up. But if the shuttle drivers would strike and picket, enough support might be drawn from the community to force the University to bargain for a shuttle contract...
...opposition to laborsaving new technology finally drove out the last owner, the Toronto-based Thomson Organization. Murdoch, who also owns the London Sun (circ. 3.7 million), News of the World (circ. 4.2 million) and New York Post (circ. 640,000), picked up the five Times publications at the bargain-basement price of $27.6 million (less than the current value of the plant and equipment alone). New union agreements were a condition of the sale, and Murdoch agreed to pay dismissed staffers up to $14 million. Said he:"People seem to think they're doing me a favor allowing...
...struck that bargain was Kennecott's new chairman, Thomas Barrow, 56, who had recently left a $250,000-a-year job as a senior vice president at Exxon. The 6-ft. 3½-in. onetime University of Texas football player is the son of a former chairman of Humble Oil & Refining, one of Exxon's predecessor companies, and the heir to the 30,000-acre Thomson Ranch near San Antonio. Having reportedly been passed over for the presidency of Exxon, Barrow was on his way back home to manage his ranch when Kennecott snared him with a Texas...
Iacocca, however, struck a hard bargain. He did not receive any payment for posing,, but demanded that the cigarmaker name its newest product after his Chrysler Imperial, which was relaunched last year (current price: $18,311). Moro every now and then sends the Chrysler chairman a few boxes of the jumbo-sized, 7¼-in. Imperial cigars (cost: $46.25 a box). But Iacocca has not changed his taste in cigars even for the extra publicity. His longtime favorite brand is Cuban Montecristo...