Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...York City's ABC building (price: $174 million). Japanese investments in U.S. real estate could reach $5 billion this year, more than three times the 1985 level. Main reason: the dollar has weakened by 38% since early 1985 against the yen, making even tall American office towers a relative bargain...
Although the editorial correctly states Harvard's denial of charges that it circumvented the collective-bargaining process, it goes on to say, "This is not the first time the University has refused to bargain in good faith with the patrolmen." That sentence should have read: "If the charge is true, it would not be the first time the University has refused to bargain in good faith with the patrolmen...
PRODUCING A FAIRY TALE in a college community is a risky business, although children's theater is often a genre which allows for wild, imaginative approaches. Cinderella fulfills the requirments of an entertaining tale with a dash of originality thrown into the bargain. But it is ultimately too faithful to the familiar story to be well suited for mature theater-goers...
...that it will rethink what concessions it might offer in order to get a deal. Says he: "Coming on the heels of the loss of the Senate, the Iran business seems to have raised basic questions in Moscow about how they should deal with Reagan, whether they need to bargain with him seriously or whether they can just wait for the next President." Reagan's decision last week to abandon the unratified SALT II ceilings on strategic weapons is likely to make Moscow even more standoffish...
...director of Barclays National, noted that the South African firm would now be free to compete around the world with the British bank. Said he: "We are a very powerful bank, and we can continue extending our business abroad." Experts consider the bank's $116 million price tag a bargain for the South Africans. Moreover, because of tight currency rules that prohibit export of capital except at unfavorable exchange rates, the British Barclays will keep the proceeds from the sale on deposit in South Africa for at least a year...