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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...address the chain's problems, Nakasone's predecessor last January ballyhooed "Concept 2000," a revitalization plan calling for, among other things, less cluttered, brighter, cleaner stores. But only a month later, Nakasone took over, and in September he replaced the plan with something he calls "C-3." (Don't ask.) It targets service improvements as well as inventory reductions. It promises a $500,000-a-store renovation that will include an oval "racetrack" layout providing 18% more selling space. And it envisions a diversification into products such as clothing and electronics, which Nakasone hopes will attract more customers outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turmoil in Toyland | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...Like his predecessor, Paul S. Grogan is a hired...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Selection may reflect shifting University focus | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

...wide a margin as he did--except for the fact that the new chancellor's necessary and sufficient selling point in Sunday's election was that he is not Helmut Kohl. Sixteen years is double the length of time any American president is allowed to serve (unless his predecessor resigns, of course) and was long enough to make people question whether or not democracy was still kicking in Germany...

Author: By Daniel M. Suleiman, | Title: The West's Wily World Leadership | 9/29/1998 | See Source »

After decrying Malone's alleged "donut fund" of state money, Wilmington endorsed Cellucci on the basis of his connection to his predecessor, former Gov. William F. Weld...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Even in Ivory Tower's Shadow, Turnout is Low | 9/16/1998 | See Source »

...with only one contributor listed among the faculty ranks--Martin A. Linsky, a public policy lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government--Cellucci evidently has had difficulty raising funds on a campus that showed strong support for his predecessor William F. Weld...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Candidates Garner Harvard Donations | 9/15/1998 | See Source »

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