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Political analysts said this year has seen the largest media and commercial attention in Iowa and they expect the caucus turnout will be high...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: Iowa to Cast Decisive Caucus Vote Today | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

Assistant Professor of Economics Lawrence B.Lindsey, the head section leader for SocialAnalysis 10, "Principles of Economics," said thenew deadline would also help his course, which wasthe second largest at Harvard last semester.Lindsey said the changes will help him findappropriate classrooms earlier than usual nextfall and will prevent students from falling behindin the course...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Shopping Period to Lose Five Days Next Semester | 2/4/1988 | See Source »

Patricia J. Libby, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporation (CDC), said the CDC is the largest producer of affordable housing in Massachusetts and would probably receive the largest portion of this state's grant money from the bill...

Author: By Lisa J. Goodall, | Title: Kennedy Offers $500M Housing Bill | 2/3/1988 | See Source »

...really sure where I live, but it's somewhere between Turin, Milan and airplanes." Then the high-flying entrepreneur proceeded to explain why he wanted to do what many proud Belgians viewed as the unthinkable, to gain control of Societe Generale de Belgique, their country's largest and most pervasive company. His ambition: to assemble the first giant pan-European holding company that would prove big and diversified enough to compete head-on with American and Japanese rivals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Came, I Saw, I Gained Control | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

...when most executives are thinking of retirement, Robert Costello, 61, has just accepted the challenge of a lifetime. He is the new Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, the chief buyer for what amounts to the largest business enterprise in the world. Every day the 170,000 Pentagon employees who report to him sign some 56,000 contracts with private firms ranging from industrial giants like General Dynamics, Boeing and General Electric to tiny subcontractors. As the Pentagon's procurement czar, Costello will buy goods and services worth $170 billion this year. He must also oversee the costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mission: Just About Impossible | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

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