Word: firm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stephen Yelity, 39, was an accounting manager for Johnson & Johnson, when he decided to start his own computer software firm six years ago. Accurate Information Systems (1988 sales: $10.5 million), based in South Plainfield, N.J., is now the 65th largest black-owned firm in the U.S., according to Black Enterprise magazine...
...soft landing, which could mean weak growth but little pain, to the ominous prospect of a deep recession. Few seers doubt, however, that a slowdown is at hand. "This has been a long expansion," says Allen Sinai, chief economist of the Boston Company Economic Advisors, a leading consulting firm. "But the spring...
...worried that the acquisition of Ogilvy would depress WPP's earnings, since the debt assumed to complete the deal could become a burden on the company. Sorrell argues that the two agencies would complement each other. While WPP's Thompson group is strong in Japan, Ogilvy has a firm hold on the European market...
...Kabul Communists. Confident that the rebels' star was in the ascendant, the White House refused the request. But disappointment over the guerrillas' military failure has led policymakers to debate the wisdom of eyes-closed support to the mujahedin. For now, though, the U.S. has apparently decided to stand firm. "In a nutshell," said one adviser, "we still think our guys can win, and there is no reason for them, or us on their behalf, to sue for peace...
...emphasizes what the Kremlin is doing to improve the situation. To the surprise of American negotiators at the INF talks, the Foreign Minister quickly accepted the principle of verification, then negotiated hard to cut the best deal for Moscow. Says U.S. Ambassador to Moscow Jack Matlock: "Shevardnadze is firm, but if you do not agree on an issue, he moves on. He approaches most things in a nonideological way. He doesn't spend time preaching to the other side...