Word: sonoma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pressure to demonstrate higher earnings in every financial statement becomes relentless. Instead of using revenues to bolster research and development, some companies feel obliged to spruce up their profit-and-loss statement. Says Chief Financial Officer Victor Richmond of Williams-Sonoma, a chain of kitchen-supply stores that went public in July: "Everything we do today is done with the thought, 'Hey, somebody's going to take a look at this...
William Hambrecht: Green Thumb. Hambrecht feels a great sense of accomplishment when he picks a bunch of ripe, juicy Zinfandel grapes from his 140-acre vineyard in Sonoma County, Calif., or clips a dazzling orchid in his San Francisco greenhouse. "I like to grow things," he says...
...curve. French wines skyrocketed in cost, and many California vintners started charging chateau prices. It appeared as if every retired aerospace engineer and psychiatrist owned a golden patch of vineyard. Between 1978 and 1982, the Napa Valley alone gave birth to 50 new wineries; 47 started up in adjoining Sonoma County. Just as the new production was reaching the stores, European wines, most notably Italian and lesser-known French vintages, came on the market in increasing volume and at sensible prices. Last year U.S. wine sales went as flat as morning-after champagne. Impact, a reliable industry newsletter, projects that...
Governor Michael S. Dukakis, Mayor Kevin H. White and Police Commissioner Jordan, will receive copies of the petition which calls upon them "to respond in a more effective and responsible manner to the severe drug problem that has endangered the safety and well-being of the residents of Sonoma St. in Roxbury...
Cynthia M. Silva'84 president of the Seymour Society described Sonoma St. as a neighborhood "under singe," adding that her organization considers working in the community "part of the Christian responsibility...