Word: expressions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Alexander knows whereof he speaks. He has been a member of the Business section since 1978, first as a reporter-researcher and, since 1981, as a staff writer and associate editor. He is the author of cover stories on such varied topics as the budget deficit and People Express Airlines. Two months ago he became Business editor, replacing George M. Taber, who now heads the World section. "It can require a lot of effort to render the subjects of business and economics both understandable and interesting," says Alexander. "But this cover story was not a difficult one to make compelling...
...list of corporations that ask all job applicants to undergo urinalysis is like a roll call of the largest and most prestigious firms in the U.S. Among them: Exxon, IBM, Lockheed, Shearson Lehman, Federal Express, United Airlines, TWA, Hoffmann-La Roche, the New York Times. On March 1, Du Pont became the newest name on the list. And this spring, AT&T, which already tests applicants at plants where volatile chemicals are handled, will start screening all potential employees at its manufacturing facilities for drug use. About one-fourth of the FORTUNE 500 companies now screen applicants for drugs...
...administration supports the right of the Coalition Against Apartheid to freely express its views," MIT Vice President William R. Dickson said in a prepared statement. "The Coalition, however, has been the sole occupant for 12 days of one of the most heavily used public spaces on campus...
...must have worked, because now she's appearing in American Express ads. Or perhaps these ads aren't just evidence of her popular success, but another means of expression. The unique nature of her work makes it irreducible to any single medium. Anderson herself comes as close to describing it as anyone: "Laurie Anderson has been baffling audiences for years with her special blend of music, slides, films, tapes, films (did I say films?), hand gestures, and more...
...Eastern-Texas Air and TWA-Ozark deals merely accelerate a merger binge that was already well under way. In the past four months, People Express has acquired Frontier, and Northwest has agreed to buy Republic. Says Louis Marckesano, who follows the industry for the Janney Montgomery Scott investment firm: "At this rate, in five to ten years the American airline industry will look like the U.S. auto industry, with three or four megacarriers covering the globe." If that happens, Texas Air and TWA are determined to be among the survivors...