Word: locks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seems like the bathrooms aren't the prime issue," said Clare C. Parker '99. "I lock my room, but I'm definitely not afraid that someone will come into the bathroom...
...Diller was named CEO of Paramount Pictures. With Eisner, whom he installed as president, Diller made it the most profitable Hollywood studio, year in and year out. He was considered a lock for the chairmanship of Gulf & Western, Paramount's parent company. Then he lost a power struggle and jumped ship for 20th Century Fox in 1984. His reason for subsequently leaving Fox in 1992 was straightforward: "It's not mine," he said at the time. "I'm both young enough and old enough to want to own my own store ... It's the one thing I haven't done...
Back in November 1994, the Republican takeover of Congress was heralded as the start of a new era. After half a century of Democratic domination of the House, the Republicans had managed to become a truly national party; they seemed to have a lock on the American electorate...
...MUST HAVE BEEN A creepy feeling for the high-flying Steve Forbes, as he scorched across the primary terrain, handling his political machinery so deftly that he looked as if he'd been doing this all his life, to find himself in radar lock from Stealth fighters launched by his own party to bring him down. This time it wasn't just the attack ads on TV or the sight of "neutral" Newt Gingrich describing a central element of the Forbes flat-tax plan as "nonsense." Forbes saw something more sinister at work, which made him mad enough to improvise...
...secondhand, and given the deep discounting of automakers on pristine models, a dealer stands to make about $300 to $500 on a used car, and only $100 or less on a new one. By switching to fixed-ticket sales--and fixed-salary sales staff--the new superdealers hope to lock in those margins. Driver's Mart figures on revenues of about $5.5 billion with annual sales in 100 locations of 400,000 used cars...