Word: chained
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...many editors, a major concern is that the chain-bookstore outlets, which give little space on their increasingly crowded shelves to titles without mass appeal, will eventually reduce the publishing industry's incentive to bring out worthy books if they don't seem headed for the best-seller lists. Random House editor Jason Epstein, for one, has undertaken on his own to produce a bookstore in the form of a mail-order catalog that will contain about 200 categories of books and more than 40,000 titles, each accompanied by a short explanation. The $24.95 catalog, the size...
...think we damn near burned down the school," says Hren. "We were sent a letter that slapped our hands, basically telling us, "Don't skip the chain of command and send a letter...
...demonstrators, including children and a woman in a wheelchair, climbed or were helped over the seven-foot high chain-link barrier. Some carried infants...
...parietal rules spread onto the pages of national tabloids like the Record American. Wire services like the Associated Press and United Press International carried the stories, and papers similar to the National Enquirer sported headlines about the supposed salubrious and origiastic fests at the College, setting off a chain of rumors no doubt worse than the potentially scandalous situations College Deans had feared the year before...
...Astoria hotel and the Russian Tea Room. U.S. entrepreneur Fred Kayden arranged the imports after 7 1/2 months of negotiations with Soviet officials and a "perestroika entrepreneur" in Moscow. But Kayden may not have a black-bread monopoly for long. Zaro's Bread Basket, a New York City bakery chain, plans to start selling imported Soviet bread for $5 a loaf. Would Muscovites pay that kind of price for Wonder bread...