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...firm Yankelovich, Skelly & White, reached a low point in 1975. During the Bicentennial celebrations, all sorts of Americans were surprised to find themselves feeling a frisson of harmless patriotic pleasure. Between June and September 1976, the surveys showed a 10% jump in the "state of the nation index," the fastest rise recorded by Yankelovich before or since. Carter's improbable, romantic victory sent spirits higher still, to a level not reached again until this year. But after his first year, the mood started to sour, declining further after the American embassy staff was imprisoned in Tehran...
WINGBACK (1)--It wasn't just coincidence that made Robert Santiago the only sophomore starter on last year's team. Coach Joe Restic had to find a place for his fastest player, so Santiago (at just 5-ft., 11-in., 190 lbs.) played fullback. Now that team MVP Steve Ernest has graduated, Santiago can move to wingback where he can make better use of his speed. He'll be backed up by senior Jim Lowe and junior Tim Manges...
Like many other European companies, Nestlé is looking for acquisitions in the U.S. because that is where the fastest, surest economic growth is now taking place. Last January, Nestlé burnished its public image in the U.S. by settling a 6½-year-old consumer boycott prompted by the company's marketing of infant formula in developing countries...
...September, a steady stream of the completed applications trickles into Geraghty's Pound Hall office. In a matter of months, the office is inundated with paperwork. Under a system of rolling admissions, most candidates are notified of the committee's decision within four weeks, making Harvard the fastest law school, Geraghty says. "We tell you right away," she explains. The first denials are mailed before Thanksgiving--just in time to ruin the holiday...
Today Haiyan is one of China's fastest-growing garmentmakers, with a labor force of 630, assets of $817,000 and 1983 profits exceeding $242,000. The state-owned factory's success is the result of a new policy by the Chinese government that has given virtually unheard-of powers to managers in consumer-goods industries, including expanded rights to hire and fire, to lay down work rules and to award bonuses for good performance...