Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...impending British invasion. We saw many Harvard presidents--and names of Harvard Houses--imbedded in the bronze plaques and on the gravestones that dot the Freedom Trail. And we saw The Gap, Ann Taylor, Filene's, Steve's Ice Cream, and the hosts of other boutiques and bargain basements which have sprung up in the midst of history in Boston...
...result of its difficulties, NASA has lost potential commercial clients to the European Space Agency, which will put payloads into orbit aboard unmanned Ariane rockets at bargain prices (cost: about $40 million per payload). Even more galling was last month's decision by the Reagan Administration to allow China to launch two U.S. communications satellites, a move that stunned the fledgling U.S. commercial rocket industry. "That hurt, and hurt hard," says an executive of one U.S. firm. "We wanted those birds...
...period this year. Denver builders complain that HUD, by selling single-family homes in Denver for as little as $5,500, has contributed to the decline of the area's housing market. The agency itself is upset that some people have been defaulting on their FHA loans, then buying bargain houses at HUD auctions...
...fails to predict college performance and sometimes holds back capable students. It simply allows the Ivy League to maintain the false appearance of strict academic standards for athletes on the way in, despite the concessions the schools give to athletes who do not uphold the academic end of the bargain once they are here...
Union supporters, led by CEC, are planning an intensive tabling campaign during the next few weeks, hoping to increase interest in the union. Students also said they plan to volunteer in HUCTW offices, educate their classmates and pressure administrators to bargain with the union for a quick contract settlement...