Word: huges
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...need another rush to see what the trend is, but I don't expect a huge number of students to pledge" during the additional rush period, Parfomak said...
...Social life on campus has subsequently retreated to a furtiveness last seen during Prohibition. No more huge bashes with dining-hall floors reeking from spilled beer and courtyards given over to the all-night concocting of strawberry daquiris. Students are still drinking as much, possibly more, than ever; only now, they get soaked privately in their rooms before going out. Then, for thrills, they might go to a bowling or ice-skating party. Better yet, they join one of the fraternities...
Ample opportunities, of a sort, do await ruddy-faced networkers. There are intern parties. There are bars. But best of all, there are free Congressional receptions where trade associations lavish huge sums of money to line up prospective allies...
...directors and designers are more indulged and permitted more expressive leeway in Japan than in most other countries. Much of their work, even for big corporations, is highly unorthodox. At train stations in Tokyo last year, commuters could not avoid a meditation on androgyny, in the form of huge prints of a man's face superimposed on a woman's; the only type was the company's name, almost unreadably small, at the bottom. "The Japanese regard advertising as a kind of cultural activity," explains Art Director Masuteru Aoba, 48. "With their budgets for advertising, Japanese companies are supporting something...
Just as the huge demand for deluxe homes is a godsend to builders, it is a boon to the suppliers of quality home furnishings. U.S. sales of finished marble increased by 32% last year, to nearly $1 billion. Old World Moulding & Finishing, a Farmingdale, N.Y., manufacturer of some 500 different kinds of moldings, reports that its 1986 sales topped $1 million, an increase of nearly 90% in one year. Marvin Windows, a Warroad, Minn., firm that makes custom-made windows and patio doors for the expensive-home market, has had record sales every year since 1982. The company has been...