Word: boom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...city's high unemployment rate, but at the same time encouraged by the more than $1 billion in new development projects currently in the works here, city officials began devising a plan which they hope will guarantee Cantabrigians a fair share of the returns from the construction boom...
...boom for personal computers this Christmas season may mean doom for last year's Christmas hit: the video-game machine. Those generally sell for between $125 and $300, but only play games. A small computer has a vast array of other uses. Says Benjamin Rosen, publisher of a widely read industry newsletter: "This is probably the end of the line for straight video games." Arnold Brown, president of the New York consulting firm of Weiner, Edrich, Brown Inc., thinks the game machines could become a consolation prize this Christmas season. Says he: "Some consumers are going to have...
Then came the baby boom, affirmative action, and a heightened perception of the necessity of college for success. Enrollment skyrocketed, and the American admissions process increasingly moved towards the free-for-all it looks like today. No one insured that the growing number of high schools were churning out graduates with even remotely similar qualifications...
...each other's throats. Fort Wayne, Ind., and Springfield, Ohio, each have their own branch of International Harvester, which has its headquarters in Chicago. But the company expects to keep only one of these two plants open. Says Fort Wayne Mayor Winfield Moses Jr.: "It's a boom or crash situation. If we lose, our unemployment goes from 12% recession to 21% depression. If we win, our unemployment goes down to 7%." The total job swing for the city is 17,000 positions...
...credit card tycoon and confidant to President Reagan; of cancer; in Santa Monica, Calif. In the '40s Bloomingdale was a producer on Broadway (Ziegfeld Follies) and an executive at Columbia Pictures. Heir to the Bloomingdale department-store fortune, he made his millions and started the credit card boom with the launching of Diners' Club in 1950. In July Vicki Morgan. 30, filed a $10 million palimony suit against Bloomingdale and his wife Betsy, claiming that Bloomingdale had promised her lifetime support during the twelve years she says she was his companion. He left his entire estate, which some...