Word: edward
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Given the amount of shooting, it was amazing that nobody was seriously wounded. One bullet hit Sergeant Edward Connors in the back, but he was saved by a flak jacket from anything worse than a bad bruise. By midmorning the guns had fallen all but silent. By early afternoon every plan, gambit and technique tried by the police had failed. They had attempted to bash in the front door. They tried to drill 2-in. holes through the exterior walls in hopes of pumping in tear gas, but were driven away by gunfire from inside the Move house. They tried...
...Rolex and Burberry raincoats when those products became their symbols? Now it is the turn of the sneaker. The young urban professionals have their own: Reebok, a pricey ($30 to $60), soft-leather shoe that comes in six colors and 40 styles, including a popular high-top model. Says Edward Hurley, an assistant manager at an Athlete's Foot store in New York City: "All other shoes have been forced to take a back seat to Reeboks. It's the season's hottest shoe." He sold 700 pairs last month...
What are the mathematical odds that two brothers would head the archrival retailers Sears and Montgomery Ward? Put away the calculators; it will soon happen. In June, Bernard Brennan, 46, takes over as boss of Montgomery Ward, where he was once an executive vice president. His brother Edward, 51, has been chief operating officer of Sears since last August, and will succeed Chairman Edward Telling later this year...
DIED. Philip Scharper, 65, editor in chief at Sheed & Ward (1957-69), then co-founder of Orbis Books, who brought U.S. readers the works of influential European and Third World Roman Catholic thinkers, including Hans Kung, Karl Rahner, Edward Schillebeeckx, Liberation Theologians Leonardo Boff and Gustavo Gutierrez; following a stroke; in North Tarrytown...
...asked Reagan. His chief of staff replied that it was. Regan phoned Dole Thursday morning with the President's acceptance, and the last roundup of votes began. Four Republicans who could not accept the civilian spending reductions voted against the budget resolution. Dole won over only one Democrat, Edward Zorinsky of Nebraska. But his vote and Bush's proved decisive...