Word: hires
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rather disparages "quick fixes" like the theft of Ellis from channel 5. His 1977 book, The Camera Never Blinks, acknowledges that for many stations, "If your ratings are low, (you) just go across town and hire the other station's anchorman." He strongly opposes this ploy, saying "the feeling is that what counts is what is on the marquee, not the integrity of your news," and argues that, in the long run, superficial facelifts do little to boost ratings...
...also brought together an unusual coalition of seven Democrats and eleven Republicans in opposition. Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy expressed concern that "we are closing our doors to many who should be welcomed." Civil rights groups and Senate liberals thought that employers would use the sanctions as an excuse to hire fewer Hispanics and other minorities. Conservatives such as Jesse Helms of North Carolina and John Tower of Texas joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in arguing that the sanctions would impose an unfair burden on farmers and small businessmen. For all of these reasons, and simply because the Simpson approach...
Many high-technology firms steal secrets without even bothering to hire away another company's employees. They simply use the prospect of a job to pump information from eager applicants during interviews. That technique has long been in wide use among the 1,300 or so high-tech firms packed together in 250-sq.-mi. Silicon Valley. William H. Bell, a convicted spy who sold military secrets to a Polish agent, described the approach to a congressional committee in May. Said he: "Within the avionics industry, it is a common practice for all companies to obtain secrets of their...
Another reason for the striking similarity of U.S. beers is that brewers hire consultants like the Vienna-born Bernstein to ensure that their products taste the same wherever they are made. To help them, Bernstein's 101-year-old firm not only offers expert advice but provides a full-service line of beer-brewing aids that range from water-treatment salts to about 40 varieties of yeast...
...fetus she was carrying, had died in an auto accident. X rays revealed, however, that her right eyelid had been closed over a bullet hole made by a .32-cal. slug as it was fired into her brain. Investigators in La Grange then built a case of murder-for-hire against her husband Larry, his girlfriend Denise Lambert and three local hoods enlisted with the alleged help of Heath's brother Jerry. Though Jerry has yet to be tried, the others got sentences ranging from life for Larry to ten years for Denise...