Word: recruits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...California surfers, Michael Rodgers, 25, and Tony Cassella, 28, came up with the idea for colored sunscreens in 1982, but it took them more than three years to recruit a chemist and find a lab to make the product. The time, it turned out, was well spent. Since their Zinka appeared in February, more than 90,000 .75-oz. tubes have been sold, at $4.50 each, in the U.S., Canada, Japan and Europe. In the meantime, an Australian firm marketed a similar product, Le Zink, in October, but it did not reach the U.S. until last month. It comes...
...Critical communal awareness" explained why mywork in Boston's Chinatown had been so fulfilling.The concept of having something to give to acommunity which I could call my own, even though Igrew up three thousands miles away and outside ofChinatown, became a thrill. I now regret nothaving had time to recruit minority students forCrimson comps. I learned to smile and respond inan informative manner when complimented on myEnglish by the native public during my work at theMuseum of Science. "Well, even though I'm ofChinese heritage, I was born in America. In fact,my Chinese probably isn't too much better...
...have to recruit them," Briefer said. "Once they get here, and they have a good time, we don't need...
...Stanford engineering graduate student who had developed an impressive prototype for a workstation. McNealy recalls that Khosla persuaded him over a dinner of McDonald's Big Macs to quit his job as director of operations at Onyx Systems, a computer company, and help found a new firm. The next recruit was Joy, a Ph.D. candidate in engineering at Berkeley and a leading computer- software designer...
Fate had permitted Sampson to be present to perform miracles. The Rockets' star recruit of three years ago has been overshadowed by Houston's other "twin tower," Akeem Olajuwon, for most of the playoffs and much of the season. Down the stretch, Houston Coach Bill Fitch usually went to Olajuwon for the crucial baskets...