Word: olson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contrast, both Democrats running for re-election were successful: Montana's Ted Schwinden, 59, and Arkansas' Bill Clinton, 38. In North Dakota, State Representative George Sinner, 55, scored an upset victory over Republican Governor Allen Olson, 46. Elected in 1980, Olson came under criticism late in the campaign for admitting that he had not yet filed a 1983 federal income tax return, though he claimed that he had received extensions...
...Schwinden (D)* 68.875 70 29 Pat Goodover (R) 26.222 27 New Hampshire Chris Spirou (D) 56.992 34 61 E--John Sununu (R)* 111.283 66 North Carolina Rufus Edmisten(D) 757.479 45 80 E--James Martin (R) 918.769 55 North Dakota E--George Sinner (D) 77.189 57 61 Allen Olson (R)* 58.113 43 Rhode Island Anthony Solomon (D) 157.178 40 99 E--Edward DiPrete (R) 235.877 60 Utah Wayne Owens (D) 76.086 41 33 E--Norm Bangerter (R) 110.080 59 Vermont Madeleine Kunin (D) 70.851 49 78 John Easton (R)* 71.947 50 Washington E--Booth Gardner (D) 220.471 54 29 John...
...spark for the sale came last November; Dwight L. Stuart, 59, left his post as Carnation president, reportedly after a falling-out with Chairman H. Everett Olson, 77. Stuart, who controls as much as 20% of the firm, then decided to start unloading his stock. Rumors began spreading on Wall Street that Carnation was for sale, and by late July, Nestlé Managing Director Helmut Maucher came along with a friendly takeover offer. Meanwhile, investors ran up the price of Carnation stock from about 65 in July to 75½ by the time the deal was announced...
...revenues: $3.4 billion). Says Dan B. Williams, an analyst with Sutro & Co., a San Francisco investment banking firm: "Some observers think Carnation has been stodgy in new-product introductions. Its mainstay is milk, and dry milk is a no-growth area." That highly cautious strategy was dictated by Olson, who takes pride in Carnation's record of 31 straight years of increased annual earnings...
Celebrated Pole Vaulter Billy Olson did not, but he was of good cheer. Mindful that his indoor sessions are better, Olson said, "Maybe in 1988 I should go out for the Winter Games." Former U.C.L.A. Star Mike Tully, 27, performed the tallest vault by any American in history, 19 ft. ¾ in., and the first of his three subsequent attempts at a world-record 19 ft. 3¾ in. looked rattlingly close. Spectators were enjoying the thought of Soviet Record Holder Sergei Bubka opening his U.S.S.R. Today the following morning and receiving the news. But Tully came no closer...