Word: lures
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mira, an old girlfriend, resumes a romance only to take back a now valuable piece from her early career as a sculptor. Michael, a lesbian, seduces Lazar in order to get him to read her screenplay. Sidney Stein, a novelist, invites Lazar to his home for dinner merely to lure him out into the woods and beat him up as revenge for double-dealing in a joint film project. Allen, a friend from youth, makes a homosexual pass and later tries to borrow $5,000. Even Lazar's rich Uncle Irving seems less interested in mourning his dead sister...
Depth of talent is still the Times's most enviable asset. Its prestige enables it to lure star writers from other papers to routine assignments, from which they must fight to get stories into print. Times columnists and critics automatically become figures of national prominence. Among the best are Humorist Russell Baker, Political Commentator William Safire, Drama Critic Frank Rich and Architecture Critic Paul Goldberger. But the paper's political coverage lags behind the Washington Post's, and its business and sports sections are both weak when compared with those at other major papers. But even with...
...competition grows, companies are finding that they must offer increasingly tempting bait to lure top personnel. Executive pay packages climbed some 7% last year, well ahead of the 3.8% inflation rate, and they are expected to climb as much as 10% this year. Companies in growing industries frequently must offer up to 50% more than an executive's current pay in order to win him. Like star athletes, some job hoppers are receiving onetime bonuses to sign with new companies. These often range from...
...been one of the largest and most successful man hunts in American history. In an operation that culminated last month, the U.S. Marshals Service joined forces with California law-enforcement agencies to track down 2,116 fugitives, using such scams as an ersatz parcel-delivery service to lure the criminals out of hiding. Most of those snared by FIST (fugitive investigative strike team) were being sought for violent crimes, and on the average each of the quarries had five felony counts on his record...
...freighters and put fuel-efficient Boeing 737s on flights in Europe. Pan Am's remaining 28,000 employees (vs. 36,000 in 1980) were persuaded to take a 10% pay cut. Meanwhile, the airline poured $25 million into upgrading its fleet of 747s and adding other goodies to lure paying passengers: fancy wines and champagne (including Dom Perignon on some flights), caviar in first class on long hauls and better food in general. Also planned: a $20 million refurbishing of Pan Am's Worldport terminal at New York City's Kennedy Airport and $40 million for improvements...