Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intend to stay here until the end of the business day, in order to express our moral indignation at Harvard's refusal to join a growing national movement to end American support for apartheid. In spite of 13 years of university community pressure for divestment, the Harvard Corporation has remained a strong supporter of continued American economic involvement in south Africa, both in its public statements and in its proxy votes...
...interested in the general emotions of invisible people, whether it he migrant workers in the artichoke fields in California, or the women invisible in their houses, unable to express themselves, or the homeless," said Vendler...
...People Express rate from Newark to London, uncomplicated by discounts and variations, is the cheapest transatlantic fare and seems to be regarded as a basic unit of measurement, like the prime meridian in Greenwich: $169, one way. But that is only as of today. The price is going up to $189 on April 28 and to $199 on June 5. In July, it may increase again. At these rates, the airline is booked nearly solid for May and is already taking reservations for June...
...pressure of competition has an effect. British Airways and TWA are fighting People Express by selling $199 standby fares to London. Pan American last week offered special discounts just to mollify travel agents and passengers inconvenienced by its recent strike. It granted $25 discounts on all round-trip tickets bought through any agency for travel on or before May 31, plus $100 coupons for any flight after...
Acquisitors Carl Icahn and Sir James Goldsmith were also on the prowl last week. Goldsmith, who controls Grand Union supermarkets and France's L'Express magazine, formally offered more than $800 million for up to 70% of Crown Zellerbach, a forest products company that has been fighting off the interloper since December. The day after the Goldsmith proposal, Icahn said he would pay $305 million for 51% of Uni-royal, a tire and chemical manufacturer, which immediately spurned the deal. The moves were only the latest in an increasingly frenzied round of takeover brawls and mergers. Last month Capital Cities...