Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brooks' last grab for a slab of bacon proved too much for his sated constituency. After he managed to get $10 million for the Jack Brooks Criminal Justice Center at Brooks' alma mater Lamar College slipped into the crime bill, voters saw pork for the bad financial bargain it is -- two dollars in federal taxes for every one that might come back to the district in the form of pork. Stockman, who had been trounced by Brooks in 1992, saw his chance and tried again. Some Republicans in Texas ignored him as a wild man. (Stockman unfurled posters that said...
Even without White House guidance from the top, some corporations are feeling enough pressure from below, sparked by advocacy groups, to put codes of their own into effect. Reebok's guidelines for its suppliers in Indonesia and elsewhere support the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively. American employees of Nike conduct weekly inspections of suppliers' factories in Indonesia to check on working conditions. Such measures are not foolproof, but they represent a major effort to make a difference. Levi Strauss dealt with the question of labor rights by pulling out of China altogether in 1992; Timberland did likewise...
CAPTION: Which would you prefer: finding a great bargain on clothes or having great...
Reaching an agreement hasn't been easy. Implementing it will be harder -- and Pyongyang fears that the new Congress, assuming it is more conservative, may move to upset the bargain. That would be tragic. The deal is a good one. And by holding out against those who urged a course that could have led to war, Clinton has proved his strength and made the world safer...
When Russell T. Graham '95 headed over to the Garment District in Central Square late last week, he wasn't looking for the best bargain on jeans or a sweater. In fact, other customers gave him strange looks when he began trying on skirts and blouses...