Word: salem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the Israelis first learned of Amin's determination to send his army into East Beirut last week, they objected to delaying the move, saying that it must be coordinated with the Israeli Defense Forces. Lebanon's Foreign Minister, Elie Salem, a Christian, replied that the Lebanese army had "instructions to shoot and not to negotiate with outlaws." The Israelis did not press the argument, but on the day after the Lebanese army deployment, an Israeli tank patrol drove straight through a Lebanese army barricade in East Beirut, despite protests from the Lebanese soldiers on duty. Two days...
...started such programs in the past two years: Polaroid, Deere and Xerox. A recent addition to the list is R.J. Reynolds, the largest U.S. tobacco company. In January, Reynolds offered pension benefits and a bonus of a year's salary to workers in its headquarters town of Winston-Salem, N.C., who by next year will be 55 or older and will have worked at least ten years for the company. Reynolds is concerned that its sales may drop because Congress doubled the federal excise tax on cigarettes to 16?, effective last month...
...money. Instead, it could attract much of the $340 billion in existing checking accounts that pay interest of 5¼% or less. To discourage customers from switching to the Super NOW, many banks are slapping stiff fees on the new account. The Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. in Winston-Salem, N.C., offers 7¼% interest on the Super NOW, but also levies a $2-per-month service charge and a 200-per-check fee. Admits John Ramsey, the bank's retail marketing manager: "Customers will probably have to keep more than $5,000 [in the Super NOW] to be better...
...most popular, and competitive, routes. With industry losses worldwide projected at some $2 billion, 1982 has been one of the worst in airline history. Yet not all airlines are finding the skies unfriendly, and not all flights are cheap. Piedmont Airlines, a rapidly growing regional carrier based in Winston-Salem, N.C., has no trouble filling seats on the 317-mile flight from Myrtle Beach, S.C., to Atlanta, for instance, even William Howard though the lowest round-trip fare is $148. One reason: no other airline connects those two cities. While its debt-ridden, giant competitors are struggling to balance their...
When Katherine Anne first turned to fiction, she believed that stories should feature high-born characters in exotic settings. She was a slow bloomer, but how she hopped about-to Bermuda; Mexico; Paris; Berlin; Salem. Mass.; Washington, D.C.; California. She was 40 when her first collection of short stories, Flowering Judas, was published, establishing her reputation at once...