Word: reines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...difficult part, says Time Inc.'s new boss, will be to rein in the company without losing the qualities that made it successful in the first place. "We're big and we're complicated and we're more than just a magazine company now," Munro says. "But we will always be a relaxed and informal place to work...
...races that day. He had gone to the toilet in the jockeys' dressing room when an unknown man walked into an adjoining stall. The man shoved an envelope containing a wad of bills across the tiles, told Feliciano that the money was his if he would simply "hold" -rein in-his horse in a race. Feliciano said he refused the attempted bribe (indeed, he won the race), but since has admitted to taking fix money for other races at Saratoga during...
...tries to keep a tight rein on advising. While Moses says he considers "informal, off the cuff advice a precious resource," he is disturbed with "the premise that it's going to provide the best advice." The upperclassmen who work on the Freshman Task Force receive training from...
...president's first task will be to rein in the huge bureaucracy that has allowed the firm's 864 stores to be run much like medieval fiefdoms. Sears has begun peeling away layers of encrusted management, streamlining the field organization and centralizing decision making and buying at Chicago headquarters. Earlier this month, the company started an aggressive campaign to keep its 23 million charge customers despite Washington's demands for credit restraints. Merchandising experts say that the firm may eventually have to drop its policy of refusing to stock little besides its own brands. Sears still resists...
...above the maximum altitude for which it is certified, and presumably on automatic pilot. Zoerb tried to make contact with the Cessna by radio, but got no answer. He saw the plane go into a steep dive and crash into the Atlantic Ocean. Aviation officials theorize that Rein and Benscotter had passed out from lack of oxygen and that the Cessna had flown itself hundreds of miles before disappearing into...