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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nation's media have blanketed Atlanta in search of news. When the "Jackson Action Rainbow Express" pulled into town, it was met by a crowd of 5000. One-fourth of the crowd was from the media...
...separate measure, the New York exchange announced plans for an "express lane" to expedite the trades of individual investors on heavy selling days. The new proposals will require approval by the Government's securities and futures regulators...
...decorum, that most heavily policed boundary in the American psyche. Though that image is being discarded, it is not going without a fight. In a Miami department store not long ago, the Cuban-born fashion designer Adolfo, a favorite of Nancy Reagan's, was pained to overhear two women express surprise that he was the creator of a collection that was elegant and simple. "Obviously," he laments, "they just assumed that anything a Cuban designed would be full of neon, sequins and ruffles...
When I heard there was a political rally to be held in the Zocalo later in the afternoon I resolved to go. There were several cars pulling up to the square, and a few men and women appeared to be braving the rain to express their political feelings, and I decided to enter the crowd to learn about Mexican politics...
...Kennedy School scholar, after hearing that a reporter had called a colleague to discuss Dukakis, called the reporter to volunteer an interview of his own. The best mention comes with a self-deprecating disclaimer. The best example was a double bank shot in a Business Week cover on American Express Chairman James Robinson. The article quoted Felix Rohatyn, the head of Lazard Freres and among those most commonly mentioned for Treasury Secretary, as touting Republican Robinson for that job in a Dukakis Administration. Score one for Rohatyn. It then quoted Robinson as saying he has no desire for a Cabinet...