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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...played as well as we could under thecircumstances," Harvard Coach Steve Piltch said."I'm very pleased with the team's performance. Allof the hard work they've done this season paid offtoday...
...Initially a bimonthly with a 200,000 circulation, it is supposed to go monthly by 1990 and ultimately grow to 1 million subscribers. Can it? Executive Vice President Marc Liu reports that direct-mail solicitations have brought a high 5% return rate. The first issue contains 77 pages of paid advertising, including such blue chips as Cadillac, BMW and Volvo. And, of course, there are the current census projections: by 1990, more adult women will be over 40 than under. Says George Hunt, ad manager for Chrysler: "They've got it all together for the over-35, upscale woman...
...paid him to do it, but Lieut. Colonel Oliver North gave what was probably one of 1987's more successful celebrity endorsements. The product: Schleicher & Co. paper shredders. After North told congressional investigators of his "shredding parties," in which he reportedly used a Schleicher Intimus 007 S, the West German firm was flooded with inquiries. Schleicher's 1987 sales jumped by as much...
Though the survey was taken just after the New Hampshire primary, when Dole received bad reviews for his harsh comments about Bush, the public seems to have paid little attention to that part of the media buzz. When all registered voters are asked whether they consider either Bush or Dole "too quick- tempered to be President," 43% say neither, 15% name Bush and 12% Dole. Though Bush had just received a snowstorm of favorable publicity for winning New Hampshire, his lead over Dole among likely Republican voters shrank from 25 points in January to 18 points last week. Dole, however...
Boost taxes on the highest incomes. The top marginal tax rate could be increased from 28% to a uniform 33%, which is already paid by some upper- middle-income households. That is still far less than the 50% top rate that prevailed before tax reform. $14.1 billion...