Word: forte
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Despos, 39, the son of a Greek immigrant tailor, is the embodiment of the American success story. He learned to cut and sew at his father's knee, and five years ago he opened his own tailoring shop on one of the busiest crosstown streets in Fort Wayne, Ind. He quickly discovered that there was a bonanza in alterations. Says he: "People had lapels on old suits altered for $35 each instead of paying thousands for a new wardrobe." The first year his shop was open, Despos did $95,000 worth of business. Today he employs his father...
...elder Despos had come to Fort Wayne after World War II to open a tailor's shop, and his son started in the trade sweeping the floor after school. "It was a while before my father handed me a knife and even allowed me to open seams," he recalls. Although he always wanted to run his own business, he and his father clashed. Thus after studying business administration at the University of Indiana, Despos became a stockbroker. But a few years later he was back helping his father in the afternoons after the market closed. Eventually he accumulated...
...they need to come in for a fitting. But his ambitions go far beyond that. "I would like to get into clothing manufacturing on a limited scale," he says. He believes that he could profitably sell the same woman's skirt that goes for $150 to $175 in Fort Wayne department stores for $100 in his shop...
...Base and later at Fort Chaffee. Vernon Jordan is shot in May as well. In June science announces a breakthrough in recombinant DNA research, raising high hopes of cancer cures along with specters of genetic engineering and Andromeda strains. The prime lending rate at major banks soars to 21.5% in December, all but ensuring that 1981 will begin with a recession...
...verbal commands. As he was explaining his approach, he burst into a sing-song chant from his cavalry days: "Walk ho-o!" he cried out. He was silent for a moment. Then he let loose again: "Tro hoo!" he yelled, as if he were back in a movie at Fort Bravo...