Word: deckers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...industries to replace traditional ones. Brockport officials, for example, hope to lure a cluster of high-tech companies. As a drawing card, they point out that Rochester, with its universities and scientific companies like Eastman Kodak, is only 18 miles to the east of Brockport. As soon as Black & Decker finishes packing up its equipment, the village will be able to offer a large, modern industrial plant to interested companies, saving them the cost of building space. Bartlesville officials, meanwhile, hope that the city's large population of highly skilled early retirees may be able to establish some sophisticated consulting...
Built in 1903 as a private dormitory for Harvard students, the building has survived many incarnations. At present, the horseshoe-shaped "three-decker" holds two bars, two restaurants, and several offices...
Many unhappy passengers suspect that scrubbed flights are increasing and that some airlines have been canceling when they have not sold enough seats to make a flight profitable. The carriers deny it, but Hoyt Decker, an industry analyst for the Department of Transportation, insists, "I'm sure it happens." While airlines can legally scratch occasional flights, the department has investigated at least six airlines on complaints that they were doing it systematically. So far, however, no scheduled U.S. airline has been penalized for this...
That spirit of grand informality could not be kept down. After the 240-lb., five-decker cake had been cut at the palace, the couple went out again into the streets, riding through the brilliant afternoon in an open landau. As the irrepressible Prince William ran toward the carriage, an unusually fleet- footed Queen hurried to retrieve him. Meanwhile, on their joyride, the couple's unlikely chaperone was a gift from the royal family, a four-foot-tall teddy bear. At the back of their carriage, under a home made replica of a satellite dish, was a message that advised...
...enough to keep their moms running, even if the moms were not already so inclined. Raina Ashley Washington, 13 months, is the daughter of Olympic Gold Medalist Sprinter Evelyn Ashford and her husband, Basketball Coach Ray Washington. Ashley Lynn Slaney, one month, belongs to Olympic Middle Distance Runner Mary Decker Slaney and her discus-thrower husband Richard. The tiny two were born on the same day, May 30, and when the two mothers and daughters got together in Eugene, Ore., where Slaney lives, she found the babies even shared the same name. "Both are very strong babies, with sturdy legs...