Word: morgans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strong team effort, the Crimson out-hustled and out-executed the larger but slower Engineers, creating one scoring opportunity after another. Morgan Belford notched the class of '84's first goal in a fashion indicative of Harvard's total domination...
Retail-sales analysts predict that the spartan stores will continue expanding, as consumers look for new ways to beat inflation. Says Walter Loeb, food and retail analyst with New York's Morgan Stanley: "We have seen waves of warehouse stores before. A & P unsuccessfully tried it a few years ago. But now they are doing better and selling fresh produce, some dairy products and meat...
...Former Kansas Governor Alf Landon, 93, the eldest of the trio, was given a regular River City-style salute by the trombones of the Landon Middle School band in Topeka. The Governor still maintains a high degree of horse sense with daily rides on Red, his 27-year-old Morgan. "I'm in good shape," reports Landon, who carried the G.O.P. banner during the ill-fated campaign against F.D.R. in 1936, "though I can't get in and out of the saddle without help." Colonel Harland Sanders, 90, whose birthday fete took place at his old Kentucky home...
Author E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime (1975) Author E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime (1975) was one of the cultural happenings of the past decade. The novel received largely rhapsodic reviews; its fictional use of such historical figures as Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan prompted reams of analysis. Commercial success accompanied the critical welcome. Paperback rights went for $1.9 million, a record at the time, a film deal was struck, and Ragtime became a bestseller. As the cash register continued to jingle, though, a number of literati began backing and filling from their earlier praise. If Doctorow is that good...
...including the Eagles), which means that Waits has been on the receiving end of a few fat royalty checks. A self-described follower of "life on a beer budget," one can't help but wonder what Waits must have done with his extra cash. He answers: "My name is Morgan, but it ain't J.P., if you receive my meaning...