Word: fleetings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Linda Payton and their son Brian Jr. in a San Fernando Valley apartment. As a hideaway, he bought a $200,000 house in Chatsworth with cash. Since he put many of his relatives to work in his crack business, he had to provide them with cars. He kept a fleet of 10 modest vehicles for business use, while he drove a Mercedes or Corvette...
...some 6,000 workers, to 109,000. Businesses are also reducing overhead by cutting expenses and perks. Marriott, the highly leveraged hotel chain, recently instituted a salary freeze of up to one year for senior managers and three months for administrative and clerical help. Harcourt sold off its fleet of corporate jets and got rid of its chauffeur-driven limousines...
BRENDA FASSIE: BRENDA FASSIE (SBK). An American debut album with heavy credentials, having more to do with politics than music. Fassie and Nelson Mandela claim tribal kinship, but the first fleet sounds of the African- inflected, dance-floor-destined opening cut blow away any notions of obligation to genealogy, or to conscience. All on her own, Fassie's just fine...
...carrier Delta confirmed last week that it may buy some of Continental's assets. At TWA, market share has slipped from about 10% in 1985 to 8% currently. Since TWA boss Carl Icahn failed to move quickly enough to replace his aging aircraft, the airline is stuck with a fleet that is particularly thirsty and costly. New Boeing and McDonnell Douglas passenger jets are as much as 25% more fuel efficient than the older 747s and DC-9s that fill TWA's hangars...
...America skipper Jim Bowers once again sailed to the top of his fleet, holding on to first place in the A-division for most of the regatta. However, the B-division support that had helped carry Harvard all year proved to be Harvard's Achilles heel in the weekend's races. Skipper John Dickson and crews Jen Drohan and Alex Barker could not keep pace with their competition, sinking Harvard into seventh...