Word: discounted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...computer industry is in the midst of a protracted shakeout, and drugmakers are in turmoil. Last week even Procter & Gamble, the nation's leading household- and personal-products company, announced it will close 30 plants and eliminate 13,000 jobs in an effort to meet the prices of discount and private-label competitors. In times like these, they used to say that a sneeze by the American economy gave Detroit a bout...
Halberstam's bounciest chapters are about the decade's leading entrepreneurs: William Levitt, the former Seabee who applied rapid building techniques to construct Levittowns; Eugene Ferkauf, whose E.J. Korvettes chain earned him the title "the Discount King"; Kemmons Wilson, founder of Holiday Inns; and Ray Kroc, who turned the McDonald brothers' Santa Anita hamburger ) stand into a national feeding trough...
News executives now tend to discount the drive to be different. "We're not reinventing the wheel here," says Here & Now executive producer Jeff Zucker. "The secret is to go with what has worked." (He does, however, promise more live segments.) Andrew Lack, the new president of NBC News, contends, "The public doesn't care about format. They care about whether it's a good story...
...their specialties, and are fun for dorm birthday parties. There's freezer full of different variations, but your best bet is to call ahead to make sure they have one with your favorite flavor. Another freezer stocks pre-packed pints and quarts, although the offering usually resembles discount outlets stores--they only seem to have the least popular flavors, such as banana and strawberry and vanilla twist. They'll charge you more to hand-pack some real ice cream...
Harvard's method of payment to the hall is different from other area colleges, which also go to the Pops on special occasions. While other colleges rent out the hall itself, Harvard pays more by buying each seat individually, says Hoey. The total cost, with a one dollar discount per seat, is $80,743 a night, according to The Crimson's estimate using figures provided by the Pops...