Word: parent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...person quits, the report says, it takes up to 15 years for the ex-smoker's chances of developing cancer to drop to those of a nonsmoker. The Surgeon General's report notes that a child is about twice as likely to become a smoker if either parent is one. As to giving up cigarettes, a college degree helps...
Calkins and other University officials have said that the request to end the blanket policy on loans stems from criticism over Harvard's disclosure last February of the sale of $51 million of loans and certificates in Citibank, whose parent company had made loans to South Africa for apparently humanitarian purposes...
...institution that took notice: nearby Bank America Corp., parent company of the nation's largest bank, which was eager to move in fresh directions under its new president, Samuel H. Armacost. BankAmerica approached Schwab about a takeover last September, in a move to become the first U.S. bank to acquire a broker. After weeks of agonizing, Schwab decided to sell. The price: $53 million in BankAmerica stock. If the deal is approved by regulators, Schwab will stay on as boss of the new bank subsidiary...
Make that soft core. "We know we have a special marketplace," says Playboy Productions President Russell Barry. "It's not a marketplace for porn or for Disney. It's for people who would like a sophisticated, adult, sometimes sexy service." Jerry Maglio, president of Escapade's parent company, agrees. "Playboy has worked very hard at developing its image and standing for quality," he says. "That image, over 27 years, has been established in a very positive way." It also has had a salutary effect on Escapade. Before the Playboy partnership, Escapade was available on some 100 cable...
...Seventy cents is a lot of money for a family to pay for each lunch, especially if there is more than one child in a family," Janice M. Oliver, vice president of the Kennedy School Parent Teacher Association, said recently...