Word: belled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When C. Michael Armstrong became chairman and chief executive of AT&T last fall, he inherited what looked to be one of America's last business dinosaurs: balky Baby Bells were frustrating Ma Bell's costly drive into the $110 billion local service market, a much-publicized mass layoff of 40,000 employees had failed to boost business, and worst of all, the largest U.S. telephone company (1997 revenues: $51.3 billion) was stuck on the sidelines, while upstarts such as WorldCom and MCI were teaming to deliver everything from long-distance service to high-speed Internet access. "This marvelous industry...
...hindsight, there were warnings. A Barron's article in the June 8 edition questioned Dunlap's accounting methods, and a FORTUNE article with the same date suggested that his job was in jeopardy. Another bell ringer might have been massive selling by insiders at Coleman in March, beginning only days after the company agreed to be bought by Sunbeam. The Coleman folks had to sell, or lose, their stock options. But by moving so quickly, they bolstered the view that Dunlap had grossly overpaid. Indeed, nine Coleman insiders, including Levin, cashed out 581,000 shares, according to CDA Investnet--near...
...time hiding in a fetid back alley hoping Mulder will show up. The aliens, you see, were earth's original inhabitants, and they are being tracked by that all-round evilest of government conspiracies, FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency). We feel ourselves sliding deeper into Art Bell territory--into the all-night radioland of sci-fi-cobabble. Believe who will. Follow...
Instead, the City Council decided to consider an amendment to the noise ordinance that would exempt bell and clock towers from the regulation. In response, the licensing committee removed the matter from Tuesday's agenda...
...bedroom and study open unto Arrow Street [and] recently I have had my work seriously interrupted by an extremely loud bell...every quarter of the hour," said Eza Sims, a composer who works at home, at Tuesday's City Council meeting...