Word: pies
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first the plan seemed like pie in the sky: the 7,000 pilots of United Airlines, the country's wobbly No. 2 carrier, proposed that United's 60,000 employees buy the carrier for $4.5 billion. But with that as an invitation, more seasoned corporate gate-crashers quickly stepped in. By week's end the skies around United were far from friendly, as the possibility of a substantial if confusing takeover play developed around the carrier's parent company, which is changing its name later this month from UAL Inc. to Allegis. Whatever happens next, there is no doubt that...
DESCRIPTION: Pie chart in shape of mortar...
DESCRIPTION: Pie chart in shape of mortar...
...return to the old Democratic practice of tax and spend, as if it were still 1964. At the California Democratic Convention at the end of January, the public address system blared Happy Days Are Here Again, and many delegates sank into a liberal nostalgia, dreaming of a redistributed American pie. Clinton Reilly, a moderate Democrat and political consultant, listened to the rhetoric and shook his head. "One reason for Reagan's success," he said, "is that he appealed to the self-interest of the middle class. If Democrats don't learn to make the same appeal, if they only talk...
...early season deficit to win its division, the regional semifinals, and the regional finals. (I will not spoil the ending by letting you know how it does in the State championship.) And, to top it off, the team members learn something about themselves in the process. Pass the apple pie...