Word: ferguson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Politics of Literary Criticism and What We Read: Mary Anne Ferguson, Cheever House, Wellesley...
...million shares of General Foods. At some $5.7 billion, the merger is the largest ever outside the oil industry. Moreover, the deal will give Philip Morris annual sales of about $23 billion, making it the biggest consumer- products firm in the U.S. Said General Foods Chairman James Ferguson: "We are convinced that Philip Morris' offer is in the best interests of our shareholders." In June, General Foods stock was trading at about...
...However, during that spring, there were days when maximum capacity was exceeded twofold. They were jostled, pulled, pushed and misunderstood. There is the story of the Jew who cried out "Shoyn fargessen!" -- already forgotten -- only to have his name set down upon his documents as Sean Ferguson...
What do they do for fun? "We've perfected the art of hanging out," they say. Their roommate, Jeff Ferguson, founder of the Boston chapter of the Guardian Angels, introduced them to many of his co-workers, who now "hang out" in their Leverett room...
...business world, journalism is moderating its ways. Notes Associate Editor J.D. Reed, who wrote the story on America's changing drinking habits: "The situation has reversed. People see alcohol not as part of their career but as something that could conceivably mess it up." San Francisco Reporter Jane Ferguson realized how much journalism had changed when she and two colleagues raised their glasses at lunch to toast another writer. Says she: "What was in our glasses? Bottled mineral water. Not a drop of alcohol for any of us." Washington Reporter Susan Schindehette also finds abstemiousness among her sources...