Word: counters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...march waiting for Jackson on 101st Street seems to be the campaign's answer to these divisions. Aides note that Jackson, who that morning had visited the Lesbian and Day Communities Service Counter in Greenwich village and than led a march through Chinatown, was actively trying to about new constituencies, Jackson has been challenged recently with questions that his rainbow coalition is actually monochromatically Black...
...aides are so eager for advice that they solicit it from political reporters. When a TV correspondent suggested that Hart counter Mondale's "Where's the beef?" line by displaying his book A New Democracy between buns, Hart produced a "bookburger" at the very next stop. When another correspondent complained that Hart's neckties were too pale for TV and suggested he "wear red," the candidate began sprouting red ties...
...nearly universal than finding the streets paved with gold or hearing the crowd cheering the winning touchdown or even taking the oath of office, hand on the Bible: the vision of being discovered and thrust into instant movie stardom. In much publicized myth, it can happen at a soda counter. But it happens most often to people who work at it, begging for appointments to plead for the privilege of being allowed to audition so that they can then risk being "typed out"-excluded because they have "the wrong look"-after a glance from a casting director. In life, humiliation...
...after, disaster strikes. Three years ago, officials at the San Diego County school system became alarmed by the growing number of workmen's-compensation and health-insurance claims being filed by employees. "Most of the claims stemmed from poor health maintenance," recalls Risk Management Analyst Florine Belanger. To counter the problem, Belanger organized a program that offered employees a complete physical examination, followed by counseling on diet, exercise and stress management. "We thought we'd try to get the employees of our schools interested in changing their life-style," explains Belanger...
...debate, however, even within the staff. Says one writer: "Let's face it, they are running the trial because of its sexy nature. I do not think any of us is so naive as to believe that ratings are not a factor. And ratings are up." CNN executives counter that the ratings boost may be offset by the costs of live coverage. Still, the network's formula is working: Atlanta Entrepreneur Ted Turner announced last week that his empire had made a profit last year for the first time since he launched...