Word: margin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first set opened with Columbia jumping to a 5-0 lead. The Crimson quickly fought back to cut the defecit to 5-3, before the Lions opened the margin...
...once, the good news from the Middle East outweighed the bad, though not by a very wide margin. The good news was that after a final four-day bargaining session, Israel and Egypt had settled the details for submitting to international arbitration the pesky Taba dispute, which had been impeding good relations between the two countries for the past four years. That in turn led to a two-day summit meeting in Alexandria between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. The event apparently succeeded in moderating what Israelis call the "cold peace," which has prevailed since...
Shannon, 34, is expected to beat Shotwell, 33, easily; according to one recent poll, Shannon is leading by a 55-13 percent margin...
...Lauren's new flagship store succeeds, other big-name designers will want to follow his example. The reason: compared with selling through department stores and franchises, direct ownership gives a designer complete creative control of marketing, not to mention a far higher profit margin. Says Walter Loeb, who follows the retailing industry for Morgan Stanley, the investment firm: "Designers are not always happy with the way department stores select merchandise, picking some pieces but not the whole assortment. The designers feel that the stores don't fully appreciate their genius and wish they would pick a range that reflects their...
...manufactures his pricey Polo line of menswear (annual sales: $420 million) at his own factory, a rehabilitated brick mill in Lawrence, Mass., that he bought in 1978. Reason: tailored menswear is the type of clothing Lauren knows best. By making those garments himself he can collect a larger profit margin and keep an even closer watch on quality. At the Polo plant, some 225 workers turn out 350 jackets and suits a day. Lauren's best Italian-wool suits ($1,200) are handmade by 25 highly skilled tailors, usually immigrants from Italy, Turkey or West Germany...