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...eventually netting the company for $225 million. Out went the fused sports coats, denim pants and two-ply made-in-Mexico sweaters. In came the $2,000 suits, Loro Piana cashmeres and alligator-skin handbags. Mark-down sales became something that happened only twice a year. And brand-education classes???covering everything from company history to the way a sweater is made?were instituted for managers and salesclerks alike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Claudio Del Vecchio: The Man Who Brought Back the Golden Fleece | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...gray herringbone suit and rimless glasses, McCormack finds it difficult to keep tabs on his gargantuan school from his office in a converted second-floor storeroom. He blames Medford's problems mostly on the crowding produced when 1,100 freshmen were jammed in with the three upper classes???but not on any lack of spirit. Other principals might give up; not he. A giant blue and white button on his lapel broadcasts his philosophy. It is emblazoned MEDFORD PRIDE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Schools Under Fire | 11/14/1977 | See Source »

...Stalin, who is studying chemistry to become the manageress of a Soviet rayon mill, has been cutting classes???the Moscow Press startlingly revealed?and worse than that, two books which she had borrowed from the Chemical Institute's library were overdue last week! For these faults Mrs. Stalin's name was chalked with those of 50 other sinners on the Chemical Institute's black (bad) list. To Moscow newshawks Mrs. Stalin's professors explained very, very carefully that ordinarily she is prompt about returning library books, she had only cut three classes when reprimanded, she is really an exemplary student...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: His Salary, Her Sins | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...blizzard was gathering its fury when the school bus started from the schoolhouse at Little Towner, Colo, one day last week. That was why Teacher Maude Moser had called off classes???to get the children home in time, safely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: School Bus | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

...Pershing's office at the State, War & Navy Building.* Each kept clear in mind his view of the bone of contention: The Navy like almost all U. S. institutions of college rank, limits its athletes to three years of collegiate competition. The Army allows members of its three upper classes??? to play irrespective of varsity experience a cadet may have had before reaching West Point. The Navy thought the Army ought to conform with the general rule. The Army thought the Navy was complaining because it had been beaten by Army so often lately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Smith v. Robison | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

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