Word: chicago
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would never root for the Dallas Cowboys, although I will continue to support their cheerleaders. The Chicago Bears lost their chance when they filmed that Super Bowl Shuffle rap video. The Steelers have a quarterback named Bubby, which sounds a lot like what my great-aunt calls me while condescendingly pinching my cheek. Joe Gibbs is an evangelist, or so I understand. Guess that eliminates the Redskins. Their nickname is offensive to Native Americans anyway...
Amid the growing scrutiny, the takeover whirl accelerated last week. In Chicago directors of UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, approved a bid by the carrier's management and pilots' union to buy out the second largest U.S. carrier for $6.75 billion. In the highly leveraged deal, employees would own 75% of the company, top managers would get 10% and investor British Airways would have 15%. Beverly Hills billionaire Marvin Davis, who had bid $6.19 billion for UAL, said he would match the management group's offer if that package were to fail. In Washington a takeover group headed...
...commercial fleet has strained the ranks of the 50,000 licensed airline mechanics. Carriers are eager to pay wages that range from about $13.50 an hour for newcomers to $20.50 for journeymen. Says Richard Delaney, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers local at Chicago's O'Hare Airport: "The aging fleets take a lot more maintenance work. You need more people. We are growing, but not at a rate that's going to satisfy demand...
...naive faith of his students that their education somehow had a purpose and a utility. When he finally asked an undergraduate what he intended to get out of his studies, Adams was startled by the answer: "The degree of Harvard College is worth money to me in Chicago...
...Goodgame, Ted Gup, Jerry Hannifin, Steven Holmes, Richard Hornik, Jay Peterzell, Michael Riley, Elaine Shannon, Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver New York: Joelle Attinger, Janice C. Simpson, Richard Behar, Eugene Linden, Thomas McCarroll, Naushad S. Mehta, Priscilla Painton, Raji Samghabadi, Martha Smilgis Boston: Robert Ajemian, Sam Allis, Melissa Ludtke Chicago: Gavin Scott, Barbara Dolan, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: S.C. Gwynne Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: James Carney Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jonathan Beaty, Scott Brown, Elaine Dutka, Cristina Garcia, Jeanne McDowell, Sylvester Monroe, James Willwerth San Francisco: Paul A. Witteman...