Word: behind
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...logic behind noise machines escapes me. They eliminate all bothersome noise by creating more bothersome noise of their own. They are like having dying sheep in your bedroom...
...What Patrick has done, no one else has done," says Audrey Smaltz, a New York City fashion-show producer. Since July 1987, when Kelly signed a licensing contract with the $600 million conglomerate Warnaco, his business has shot up from $795,000 a year to $7 million a year. "Behind all of Kelly's Folies-Bergere, there are real clothes with high-voltage whimsy," says Bernard Ozer of Associated Merchandising Corp. "He's selling well in an uphill market...
...progressed to making costumes for a discotheque and, with the help of his business partner, Bjorn Amelan, outfits for a trendy Right Bank boutique and for Benetton. By 1985, his own little black dresses, decorated with bows and buttons, were selling out at Bergdorf Goodman's. Now, with Warnaco behind him, Kelly is expanding rapidly, with 60% of his sales in the U.S. and a booming demand in Europe and the Far East...
...Salvador, Alfredo Cristiani, candidate of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party, left all rivals for the country's presidency far behind by polling an outright majority, 54% of the estimated 1 million ballots cast. Cristiani's victory, however, was muted by a voter turnout of only about 50%. The high rate of abstentions translated in part to support for the boycotting Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (F.M.L.N.), the Marxist guerrilla force that has battled for power for the past nine years...
...average and stood 145th in a class of 145. But on the basketball court he was a formidable talent, nicknamed "Sco" for his scoring ability. His skill caught the attention of schools nationwide. "My phone rang 24 hours a day," recalls Carl. "College coaches were chasing behind me." In November 1987 Carl signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Nebraska...