Word: sams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nearly all of those savings." The Government's growing borrowing needs could cause what Citicorp's senior domestic economist, Peter Crawford, calls "painful conflicts between the Treasury and private borrowers." This "crowding out" of private borrowers is part of an economic Catch-22. Explains Wall Street Analyst Sam Nakagama: "If the Federal Reserve tries to keep interest rates down in the face of a big deficit, it would have to permit explosive growth of the money supply and another cycle of high inflation. On the other hand, if the Fed pursues a slow-money-growth policy with...
...second letter went to Senators Charles Percy and William Cohen, both Republicans, and Sam Nunn, who carries considerable clout on military matters with his Democratic colleagues. Their major interest was to get the President to endorse the idea of a "build-down" in nuclear missiles. As outlined by Cohen in a newspaper article last January, this plan would have each side dismantle two existing warheads every time it deployed a new one. Reagan liked the idea so much that he called the surprised Cohen to suggest that the concept be refined...
...Give me a W!" shouts Sam Walton, 65, the chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, to employees at staff meetings. "Give me an A!" And so forth, down to the last T. Then he gives a final ringing cheer: "WalMart, we're No. 1!" Walton has plenty of reasons to shout. In April, sales at his 570 outlets were up 32% from the previous year. By comparison, Sears' revenues increased just 7.7%, K mart's by 5.5%, and J.C. Penney's were down...
...some ways, Sam Walton is James Cash Penney reincarnated, right down to strict adherence to the Golden Rule, the name of Penney's first store in Kemmerer, Wyo., in 1902. Says Wal-Mart President Jack Shewmaker: "We make no bones about the fact that we believe in God, that we think everybody should...
Scores of famous names flutter effortlessly from Selznick's pages: Anita Loos, Irving Thalberg, Sam Goldwyn, Janet Gaynor, Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo and Uncle William, known at the office as Mr. Hearst. Banker-Politician Averell Harriman coached her in bridge and croquet, and Howard Hughes wanted her to be his "woman friend" because, as Go-Between Gary Grant suggested, she was a "tested product...