Word: request
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Peter Helwing answered the questions of the councilors with a highly technical description of the master computer program which uses statistical techniques to derive property values for every taxable building in the city from trends in the past five years' property sales. The resulting confusion prompted the councilors to request that Helwig produce a detailed description of how the assessors reached conclusions about the value of the councilors' own homes...
...going to do something about all this, and I mean now!" So said a determined Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole last week as she complained about an old, exasperating problem in the airline industry: frequent flight delays. At Dole's request and with the promise of immunity from antitrust prosecution, representatives of 45 airlines met for four days in the ballroom of Washington's Westin Hotel. They proceeded to rewrite the summer flight schedules at sorely congested airports serving five major cities: Chicago, Philadelphia, Newark, Dallas and Atlanta. At Newark airport, for example, the airlines moved 13 of the 57 scheduled...
...bell." Coming one week after an anti-contra House vote on the $40 million, the close Senate vote reaffirmed that Congress is in no mood to humor President Reagan by approving more money for the rebels. The Administration had been cautiously planning to stall until next fall on its request for $105 million in new contra aid. Last week, however, U.S. officials said the rebels will need additional funding well before then. The Administration plans to push for new appropriations before the summer recess...
...Please pass the chips." Time was when that request led to a predictable result: a crackling treat of smooth, fragile, bitingly salty potato chips. No longer. Now staggering possibilities abound: chips sliced from white or sweet potatoes that could be thick or thin, ridged or smooth, and with or without salt and preservatives. They might be natural in flavor or seasoned with Cajun, Italian or barbecue spices, vinegar, jalapeno peppers, cheese alone or with bacon, sour cream (or yogurt) with onion (or chives). There is also a choice of half a dozen or so oils for frying, which...
...public. Jefferies is accused of briefly boosting the market price -- and thus illegally rigging the price of the new shares -- by buying blocks of Fireman's stock right before the offering. The New York Times, quoting lawyers close to the investigation, reported that Jefferies bought the stock at the request of Salim Lewis, a financier who has had business dealings with American Express chairman James Robinson. The SEC issued subpoenas to American Express and the two investment firms that managed the offering, Shearson Lehman Bros., which is an American Express subsidiary, and Salomon Brothers. None were accused of any wrongdoing...