Word: orderers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact, as part of the Admissions Office'sever-expanding recruitment efforts, Fitzsimmonssays that plans are underway to contact highschool seniors through the mail in order to piquetheir interest in the University...
...then there is the alternative. George Bush--and what he could do to Blacks. In order to satisfy his right-wing support, Bush would probably have to select a conservative Supreme Court justice. And with the possibility of several openings on an aging court, the prospect of twelve years of Reagan-Bush judicial appointments is scary...
...after a highly-publicized and unsuccessful proxy fight mounted against Gillette by the Coniston Group, a New York-based firm. In last year's proxy contest, Gillette won by a 52 to 48 percent margin over Coniston, which had mounted a campaign to unseat four Gillettee board members in order to sell off the razor company to the highest bidder...
...primary unnerving. "Suddenly, every time you turned around, there was Holbrooke -- it was like a Peter Sellers movie," jokes one Dukakis supporter. Giddily he pursued his comic notion. "He'd be looking in from the door. Look again, and his head is poking through the window. The staff would order drinks, and he'd be the waiter bringing in the tray of martinis." Roger Altman, investment banker and Dukakis fund raiser, who understands the etiquette of job placement, warns, "Those who are qualified for the senior positions don't have to ask for them...
Most of their companies are still relatively small, but some have grown into sizable corporations. Among the largest: Liz Claiborne (1987 revenues: $1 billion), the New York City fashion conglomerate built on Designer Claiborne's clothing for working women; Lillian Vernon (fiscal 1988 sales: $126 million), a mail-order gift company based in Mount Vernon, N.Y., and founded by Lillian Katz; and ASK Computer Systems (1987 sales: $125 million), a California software manufacturer started by Sandra Kurtzig...