Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...introduce myself and soon we're in the boxing office, a cramped room that's dominated by gloves, headgear and boxing bags of all types. In a gentle voice Rawson tells me about how he grew up in east Boston, fast-forwarding almost immediately to his first night in the ring: he won all four fights and received a watch for his troubles-a watch he still has. As the victory watches started to pile up, he sent them off to aunts, uncles and cousins-"Sometimes I'd ask for a lady's watch," he tells...
PITTSBURGH: Unfortunately for Bill Clinton, fast track is not an issue for compromisers. It's a presidential privilege that makes trade agreements easier to negotiate and simpler to get through Congress ? who either like it or strike it, but can't make changes ? and Big Labor absolutely hates it. So when Clinton took the stage in Pittsburgh after a terse introduction by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, he started with the sugar: Campaign finance reform. Youth smoking. The 21st century (with no bridges...
...first mention of "global economy", however, a sporadic chant rose in the back: "No fast track. No fast track," until Clinton drew applause with this line: "I think I've earned the right to be heard." Then he asked for mercy. Not so much for him, but for November's Democratic hopefuls. The Labor-Democratic "partnership," Clinton said, must continue for the sake of the rest of Labor's agenda. Courtesy prevailed, and the speech closed to more applause. Al Gore can only hope that spirit of tolerance prevails if his name ends up on the year 2000 primary ballot...
Burger King, long the kid brother to mammoth McDonald's, is teaching its rival a lesson in marketing this month: When it comes to fast food, keep it simple. BK's new Big King, an enormous double cheeseburger launched Labor Day weekend as a rival to the Big Mac, has sold at nearly twice the rate the company expected--about 3 million a day--and stores in Dallas, Miami and elsewhere are selling out. One downtown Chicago outlet upped its order from 2,000 Big King patties the first week to 5,000 last week, and manager Lolita Aldana says...
...regular price, but a manager in Atlanta predicts $1.99, slightly cheaper than the Big Mac.) By then, the novelty may have worn off. "It tastes good," said Don Newland, sampling one last week in Los Angeles, "but when you come down to it, all these fast-food burgers taste about the same...