Word: pittsburgh
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Most other companies were anxiously waiting to see how much fallout the stock crash would generate. "The dust hasn't settled," said Paul Jones, a spokesman for Westinghouse Electric in Pittsburgh. "Nobody knows what to do. You hear talk of recession, inflation, deflation, all kinds of things." But as the stock market continues to shimmy, many firms are already trying to assess the damage to customer confidence. Said Gerald Schultz, president of Bell & Howell, a Skokie, Ill., publisher and information-services company: "We're trying to sensitize our people to get their feelers out, with their customers, with their suppliers...
...pipe it right into the next," he says. That might seem much too limited to Jim Koch, whose Boston Beer Co. sold 24,000 bbl. of Samuel Adams lager last year. Purists may look askance at Samuel Adams because it is a "contract" brand, actually brewed by Koch in Pittsburgh...
...anyone's guess whether the small degree of stability so painfully achieved on Friday -- volume dwindled as the Dow average stood almost still -- will hold even for days or hours. Alan Meltzer, professor of political economy at Pittsburgh's Carnegie-Mellon University, thinks the "markets will remain volatile because there are still too many unanswered questions...
Will other women be more inclined to choose mastectomy, following the First Lady's example? Dr. Bernard Fisher of the University of Pittsburgh, a leading proponent of lumpectomy, thinks not. Most women are aware of the alternatives, he says. Indeed, eleven states have laws requiring doctors to inform breast- cancer patients of all treatment options. Last week, as Mrs. Reagan convalesced, it was already apparent that her battle with cancer was having at least one positive effect: radiologists around the country reported that appointments for mammograms were up sharply...
Barry, a senior from Pittsburgh, first became interested in soccer when she was seven years old and living in Dallas...