Word: listening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most celebrated rock casualties, you could hear all of her history -- unspecific but unmistakable -- in her voice. No one can sing like Faithfull without deep scars. Not many can live as she has and survive. So she goes carefully now, learning how to hold tight and still let go. Listen to her latest Island album, Strange Weather, a critical favorite and a steady seller. That is evidence enough...
...long ago, E.F. Hutton could boast that it was the brokerage house to which "people listen." But in the past two years Hutton has found its reputation dwindling rapidly. Amid concerns over the firm's uncertain financial health, Hutton's stock slumped from a high of 44 7/8 last January to as low as 11 on the day after the October market crash. Last week the eroding confidence in the company and an expected downgrading of its credit rating forced the parent company of the tenth largest U.S. retail brokerage to take a - humbling step: inviting a takeover or dismemberment...
...quick- turnaround candidate. Last year Hutton posted a net loss of $90.3 million at a time when other brokerages were prospering. Even attempts to restore the firm's prestige seemed ineffectual. Hutton hired Bill Cosby as a TV spokesman in 1986 and recently changed its motto to "We listen...
...willing to listen? No one is blessed with the intellectual and experiential range to handle all the demands of the presidency, so an important litmus test is the willingness to solicit and absorb good advice...
...Listen, damn you! The cops are at the door...the money is in the--CLICKITY-CLICK--Uh, is that...