Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while living in New York City and rearing two children. When the family moved to Virginia, where living costs were much less, the Goldbergs were able to save nearly half of Barton's take-home pay. Says their daughter Jane Warden, 34: "My parents were very big bargain hunters. My mother would wait and watch for something until it went down, and then she would...
During the early 1980s Americans developed a pronounced taste for imported goods, stimulated by the strong buying power of the U.S. dollar. Moet & Chandon champagne could be fetched for a bargain $13 a bottle, and sales of everything from Porsches to Paris designer dresses simply zoomed. But now that the dollar has declined some 40% against major currencies, the U.S. consumer's affinity for imports has grown far more expensive. Alas, Moet in Manhattan now goes for more than...
Even though Henshaw was acquitted, "It was a case where there was evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the defendant," said Rhode Island's Assistant Attorney General, Robert E. Craven. He said a trial was necessary because Henshaw "was not willing to plea bargain in an way acceptable to the attorney general...
...what is Gorbachev really hawking? Many Americans gloat that INF will force the Soviets to destroy more missiles than we will. But these observers fail to see the treaty's strategic and political significance. The INF treaty is not the bargain it seems because an increasingly denuclearized Europe favors the Soviet advantage in conventional weapons--allowing the Kremlin to use its military superiority to threaten the West in a crisis. The removal of the Pershings will breed NATO infighting over who will bear a heavier defense burden and may portend an eventual American pullout from Western Europe...
...this year for a full partner (up from about $300 last year) and as much as $100 for work done by the newest associates. To control costs, some firms have | created a new second-tier position, sometimes called staff attorney. Often recruited from less prestigious schools and hired at bargain salaries, these lawyers handle the grunt tasks. Unlike regular associates, they have no hope of becoming full partners...