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...well. The dizzying swiftness of the collapse, its global dimension, the complexity of the underlying economic issues -- everything about it challenged journalism's ability to distill meaning out of fast-breaking news. So I am gratified to report that TIME's coverage of Black Monday has earned a John Hancock Award for Excellence, one of the most respected U.S. prizes for business and financial journalism. The citation lauded "The Crash," our Nov. 2, 1987, package of cover stories, for examining "why the crash occurred, where the financial markets were headed and implications of the decline for both the global economy...
...There is always a good crowd here, and they are fun to play for," says Tommy Hancock, whose Supernatural Family Band, a group composed of himself, his wife, two daughters and son, kept everyone, indoors and out, light on their feet. It was a good crowd of about 100 people, and also a very mixed one. Ranch hands wearing jeans and checked shirts kicked up their heels with schoolteachers dressed in white blouses. A few middle-class retiree couples from Wisconsin and Iowa staying at a nearby recreational-vehicle park danced cheek to cheek when there was a slow number...
...company a peppier, more entrepreneurial feeling, even renaming the product groups to give them pizazz not normally seen at IBM. Example: the Information Systems & Storage Group will be rechristened IBM Enterprise Systems. What's more, a new generation of top management is emerging. One notable leader is Ellen Hancock, 44, who in taking over IBM's multibillion- dollar telecommunications division becomes one of the country's most powerful women executives. All told, IBM's adversity is prompting the company to think in untraditional ways. More surprises are no doubt in store. "We're not through," says Akers. "This...
Take the Boston Marathon. Two years ago, Nike hung up a pair of giant-sized Sook Racers on the Hancock building. The advertising coup was completed when Ingrid Kristiansen won the women's race that year wearing Sock Racers. Sales of the Sock Racer soared...
...then there was the time that John Hancock took over the sponsorship of the marathon itself. It took the trouble of moving the finish line down Boylston St. from its traditional place in front of the Prudential Center and sticking it in front of the Hancock Building...