Word: householders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...little more for his twice-monthly speech therapy. But the Eshelmans' world may be on the brink of collapse because of new federal rules that could take away Jonathan's $74-a-week disability check. "It's frightening," says Eshelman, who is worried that with her two-person household's income cut almost a third, she won't be able to meet her house payments, and she and her son will end up homeless. "I really don't know what we would...
...number of smokers declines in the U.S., however, look for a market-share duel to the death. When cigarette advertising on TV and radio was barred in the early 1970s, RJR's Winston was the household name in cigarettes. Philip Morris adapted better to print, though, and boosted its Marlboro brand to prominence. RJR needs to regain some ground, but it won't be easy. "We'll all be jockeying for position in Playboy and Penthouse," an RJR insider quips. Adult magazines are among the few places the tobacco companies would continue to advertise...
Josef Korbel ran a strict household. Routines were sacred, which meant the children were expected to be at dinner--on time. An invitation to the prom in ninth grade sparked a family fight between Albright and her father. At issue was the question of whether she could ride in her date's car. Her father decided she would ride with her date and he would follow...
DIED. ALFRED HERSHEY, 88, Nobel-prizewinning scientist who proved, by testing and stirring up viruses and bacteria in a household blender, that DNA carries genetic information; in Syosset...
...offices, is on a similar growth curve. Compaq had 1996 revenues of $18.2 billion, more than triple its annual revenues just four years earlier. The industry's next wave of growth is being propelled by falling prices that put the cost of a machine closer to that of a household appliance. Houston-based Compaq introduced its Presario 2100 for $999 in February. Others have low-priced PCs too. Now the industry is bracing for a quantum leap in demand as people who previously couldn't afford a computer rush to buy one on the notion that...