Word: owner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...every item was checked, he was not going anywhere. For example, except in tampering cases, the commissioner's fining authority has been technically limited to $5,000 a club and $500 a player. "That's no good," Ueberroth said. "I have to be able to fine an owner a quarter of a million dollars. Somebody has to be in charge. In the past the position has been too reactive and responsive to ownership. The first responsibility of the commissioner is to the game and to the fans-it starts with them. Then to the managers, the players...
...seven years, David Columpus could not understand television programs or carry on conversations with friends. Reason: an illness had left him totally deaf. But in 1977 life began to change radically for the former owner of a Michigan glass-recycling plant. He volunteered to take part in an experiment at the University of Utah Medical Center in which eight tiny wires were implanted inside his inner ear and linked to a plastic plug, the size of a nickel, inserted in his skull behind the left ear. On one memorable day, the plug was connected to a large central computer...
...store, behind the usual selection of old clothing and jewelry. The Wandering Eye has a costume rental department. For $15 to $25 a day, you can rent out a beaded dress, a ball gown, or a feather boa. And they aren't in demand just at Halloween, says owner Emily McAdoo: "I'm surprised at the evidence of really interesting parties that go on here all year round." She has outfitted groups going to a medieval wedding party and a "Vicars and Tarts" party, as well as the usual Roaring '20s fetes...
Odeon (366a Broadway) claims to undersell its Mass. Ave. competitors, with dresses at $14 to $18. "We'd rather take less of a markup on goods, and turn them over faster," says owner David Christina...
Keezer's (221 Concord Ave.) has bargain prices on men's clothes ($38.50 for a tuxedo), but owner Len Goldstein resists calling them "vintage" goods, saying, "Vintage clothing stores think they can charge much more for stuff just because...