Word: plums
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...military is deeply divided in its allegiance. Officers loyal to Ver have been given promotions, plum assignments and extended tours of duty beyond retirement age. Critics of Ver, finding their advancement blocked by aging generals and a system that rewards political connections rather than merit, have taken their grievances to the press. They accuse their senior officers of encouraging graft and corruption, of human rights violations, interference in elections and a general lack of professionalism. They almost unanimously point to Ver as the man responsible for the military's lack of cohesion and poor morale...
...Lady and the Clarinet Written by Michael Cristofer Directed by Paula Plum At the New Ehrlich Theatre in Boston through March 22nd...
...into communications, AT&T has been making new connections in computers. Last week it reached an arrangement with 18 Japanese companies to sell technology that would enable different kinds of computers to communicate with each other, beating IBM on that front in Japan. The Defense Department has awarded a plum to AT&T. It granted the company a contract to install and service minicomputers for the National Security Agency. Value of the deal: $950 million over the next three years. The size of the agreement, though, was less important than its psychological impact. Says Jean Yates, a California consultant...
...best seller get away, Hollywood has just begun filming a movie based on the game. The first clues fans will want, of course, are who plays the familiar players: Lesley Ann Warren (Miss Scarlett), Martin Mull (Colonel Mustard), Madeline Kahn (Mrs. White), Michael McKean (Mr. Green), Christopher Lloyd (Professor Plum) and Eileen Brennan (Mrs. Peacock). These six suspects are joined in the movie by six new characters led by Butler Tim Curry. The plot is said to contain enough hints for figuring out who did what where. But until Clue is released early next year, nobody is squealing -- certainly...
...track with demon rum eating at your stamina," says Sam Wolfe, a recent University of North Carolina law school graduate. "I can't remember a single business meeting in a long time where anybody's had a drink," says Warner LeRoy, owner of New York City's Maxwell's Plum. When someone orders a stiff one, "a mental trigger goes off with other executives at the table," says Jay Chiat, chairman of the Los Angeles-based Chiat/Day advertising firm. "It's not being judgmental; it's just that it's so much rarer...