Word: graying
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...every weekend since 1945." The gibe has more than a little truth to it. On weekends rifle ranges around the country resound with the din of thousands of Swiss practicing their marksmanship. At the same time, Northrop F-5E Tiger fighter jets skim along mountain faces and blue-gray-uniformed figures clamber down couloirs and across alpine meadows. With a militia of 625,000 men, Switzerland, as the well-worn saying goes, does not have an army, it is an army...
...CCSR voted to ask Philip MorrisCompanies, Inc. and RJR-Nabisco--both tobaccomanufacturers--to provide information about theiradvertising practices in developing countries,according to Gray...
...although Gray said yesterday that theadvisory board to the CCSR had hoped to discussthe tobacco issue, shareholders in the twocompanies could not vote on any such proxyresolutions this year...
...tobacco issues were pulled because the SEC[Securities and Exchange Commission] ruled thatthe wording [on the Philip Morris resolution] wasillegal and RJR went private," Gray said...
Also serving on the 16-member committee are MITPresident Paul E. Gray, former NIH Director DonaldFrederickson, and several other leaders inbusiness, government and academia...