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...album of her wedding photos. On the dashboard of the car, the two had left nine sealed letters to friends and relatives, as well as two notes stuck under the windshield wipers. Said Alsip Police Chief Warner Huston: "The publicity surrounding the Bergenfield incident probably gave them the impetus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teen Suicide: Two death pacts shake the country | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...hope that the whole week will provide an impetus for women's history at Harvard," said Michel...

Author: By Gordon M. Burnes, | Title: Women's History Week To Include Talks, Films | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

Pressing the American case at the G-7 meeting were Treasury Secretary James Baker and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker. Before leaving for Paris, Volcker told the Senate Banking Committee he hoped the session would "give a little more impetus" to efforts to stabilize the currency markets. But, he later added, "I wouldn't say this meeting itself will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONEY: Bucking Up The Dollar | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...prices above the level at which they would attract bargain-hunting takeover sharks, who are likely to chop far more brutally and indiscriminately than the present managements. No less a titan than ITT warily shook off a takeover bid by Raider Irwin Jacobs in 1985. That effort gave renewed impetus to a slimming exercise already begun by ITT Chairman Rand Araskog. Since 1980, Araskog has sold off more than 100 businesses, and last year he cut ITT's work force by 100,000, or 44%, and slashed headquarters staff from about 850 to 350. Says Araskog: "Corporate executives have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Corporate Restructuring: Rebuilding To Survive | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

Rosovsky noted that besides finding a minorityor female member, some impetus had been gatheringto increase the geographical diversity of thebody. The Corporation currently has no Fellowsfrom states west of the Mississippi. One member isfrom Illinois, three are from the New York-areaand four are from the Boston-area...

Author: By Mark M. Colodny, | Title: Corporation Will Lose Member | 2/10/1987 | See Source »

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