Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Manager and half-owner Rico DiCenso confirmed rumors yesterday that his pizza hangout is "in the beginning stages" of looking into an expansion to keep in step with competitors such as Pizza Ring, Harvard House of Pizza and Dial-A-Pizza.
When sales dropped and the rebate plunged to 5.5 percent in 1990, Argeros said the drop was a temporary result of construction costs associated with the expansion of Coop stores. The Coop's store near the Harvard Club in Boston was closed because it lost money.
He added that this year all the profits hadbeen directed toward rebates. Normally, the Coopsplits its profits between rebates and a cash fundto cover possible losses and pay for expansion.
In Kimball County, Nebraska, local officials welcomed a hazardous-waste incinerator after Waste-Tech Services promised a $60 million investment. The mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, which tried to declare bankruptcy last year, is angling to win a cash infusion of several million dollars from Wheelabrator Environmental Systems in exchange for...
The breakup of Yugoslavia has been painful for Eagleburger, and a test of his philosophy. Seven of his 11 years abroad as a diplomat, four of them as ambassador under Jimmy Carter, were spent in Yugoslavia, where he earned the nickname "Larry of Macedonia." Soon after becoming Deputy Secretary in...