Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Well-intentioned newspaper executives have long bemoaned their generally poor record in recruiting minorities. Now they are discovering a compelling reason to hire minority reporters and give more space to minority issues: the bottom line. As the country's growing racial diversity is reflected in newspaper- readership studies, news executives are realizing that they must appeal to minority readers or risk losing them...
...local president: Danny Sciarra, 56, whose brother, former local president Michael Sciarra, was barred from the leadership because of his ties to Mob boss Anthony (Tony Pro) Provenzano. The new vice president: Mark Sheridan, whose uncle was barred from office for the same reason. Sciarra ran openly as a surrogate for his deposed brother and won by an almost 2-to-1 ratio. But Federal Judge Harold A. Ackerman said the court-appointed trustee for the local would retain his "investigative capacities," and gave the new leaders 60 days to report in detail on how they intend...
More than risky, it seems downright foolish to put an entire company on the line for no better reason than abject short-term greed; still, buyouts are popular among today's large-scale financiers, people who are no longer innovative entrepreneurs who build companies from scratch, but tricky accountants who raise dividends any way they can. Now, following the example of Ross Johnson, the chief executive officer of RJR who tried to take over the company for himself, they don't work for the stockholders--they work for themselves...
Four, student safety is a sufficient reason for opening either Cabot or Lamont Library 24 hours a day. Students study on the upper floors of the Science Center only because they wish to work beyond 1 a.m. A 24-hour library would draw them away from that isolated area...
There was ample reason for celebration -- and for caution. After eleven years of military domination, Bhutto's installation capped the most peaceful transition to democracy in Pakistan's coup-riddled 41-year history. Harvard- and Oxford-educated, Bhutto secured her selection as Prime Minister when her party won 92 of the 237 parliamentary seats in the Nov. 16 election and then patched together alliances with small parties and minority groups. Bhutto seemed well aware of the fragility of her position. "You have bestowed a great honor on your sister and placed a heavy responsibility on her shoulders," she declared...