Word: sheraton
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...such speed, even a gust of wind can spell disaster-as two-time 500 Winner A. J. Foyt discovered last week when his Ford-powered Sheraton-Thompson Coyote was blown into the outer retaining wall at 162 m.p.h. The car was totally demolished, but Foyt was unhurt. Chuck Rodee was not so lucky. Rodee already had gunned his 500-h.p. rear-engine Offenhauser through one practice lap at 159.9 m.p.h.; now he was trying to top that. Drifting through the speedway's No. 1 turn, he was suddenly blinded by a bit of rag or paper that blew into...
...through franchising. Winokur opened one Donut shop, slowly added six more. "I wanted to expand," he says, "and I didn't have enough money." Winokur decided to license other businessmen to run his shops, now oversees 230 of them, with 45 more about to open. Big Sheraton Hotels chose franchising as a way to broaden the chain's image and get better use out of its vast Teletype reservation system. Of 120 Sheraton hotels and motels, 47 are now franchised...
...Sheraton prefers experienced men in its operation, but other companies require only people with a yen to be in business for themselves-plus a little bit of capital. Midas Mufflers' operators include two former rabbis and a retired sea captain, while Chicken Delight restaurants have been opened by a bank teller, a beautician and a schoolteacher. Such entrepreneurs put up $6,000 on the average, but the price can vary widely. For $2,500, a would-be businessman can now open a shop selling foot-long meatballs at 90?. Car-matic auto-washing stations go for $14,800, while...
...traditional 15% commission might be undercut, the National Association of Life Underwriters, speaking through Vice President Carney Smith, protests that the card plan has already "eroded the agents' market tremendously." To keep the card game from spreading, agents' groups have threatened such credit-offering chains as Sheraton Hotels and the May Co. with boycotts. They have also pushed anti-credit-card insurance bills through the legislatures in New Hampshire and Florida...
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will speak at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Sheraton Boston Hotel...