Word: firming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Obviously, this company will be scrutinized by the government, which must decide if information-sharing by a select group of schools violates the principles of a free market. But what is especially troubling is how the University acted toward this firm...
Montgomery aims to revive the laggard Harvey, which in the 1940s ranked as the top seller of comic books but last year was in the No. 4 position. Montgomery, who bought the firm from the Harvey family with money he raised from outside investors, aims to boost circulation 50% in the next two years, to 3 million. He is also eager to market the company's library of 248 motion- picture cartoons from the 1950s and '60s, which would be included in a line of videocassettes. Montgomery, who graduated last year from USC's School of Film and Television, plans...
...school. American currently runs 30- sec. TV commercials that stress maintenance and extol the airline's mechanics as "uncompromising professionals dedicated to perfection, flight after flight after flight." Meanwhile, the stock of AMR, American's parent company, jumped 13% in a single day last month on rumors that the firm might become the target of a takeover bid. But like Delta, which put 14% of its stock into an employee stock-ownership plan to thwart raiders in July, American insists that it is not for sale...
There was so much controversy surrounding Personal Fouls that its initial publishers decided to abandon it, particularly after N.C. State officials went through the roof after hearing of the allegations--which were revealed on an early book jacket release. Carroll and Graf, a small New York publishing firm, decided to print the book, and the university began an investigation. So far, Valvano has stepped down from the post of athletic director, but it remains unclear what further changes will be made in the Wolfpack program...
Colleges looking for more information on their student body can pay SAS to analyze the backgrounds of admitted students, said Smythe. The firm can give universities detailed information on students in many different categories, including geographic and ethnic backgrounds, she said...