Word: spokeswoman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...secrecy surrounding the investigation has outraged several women's organizations. Cookie Hunt, a spokeswoman for the Women's Coalition to Stop the Green River Murders, says that her group is conducting its own investigation. An organization called the U.S. Prostitutes Collective accuses the police of being complacent because of the nature of the victims. Says Margaret Prescod: "We think the whole idea that it is O.K. to hunt down hookers is perpetuated by the police...
...Hewlett-Packard, supervisors ceremoniously handed out checks to 62,500 employees for two weeks' extra pay, just in time for Christmas shopping. To qualify, employees needed at least six months on the job. The total bonus came to $49 million, up slightly from last year. Said Spokeswoman Karen Jervais: "Keeping costs down and profits up means bigger bonuses. If employees work really hard, they are going to share in the success of the company...
Members of Mobilization for Survival said they felt that big business dollars had swayed the voters. "It shows they will do anything they can to prevent people from having a say in the future of nuclear weapons in this country," Susan Levine, a spokeswoman for the anti-nuclear group said...
Greyhound has also been hurt by deregulation of the airlines. Upstart short-haul carriers are now offering flights that are even cheaper than bus travel. While Greyhound charges $56.15 for a journey between Newark and Norfolk, for instance, a People Express ticket is just $23. Says Greyhound Spokeswoman Beth Meyer: "There was a time when that was one of our most heavily traveled routes. Now we've just about abandoned...
Some of Reagan's critics see the Reagan-Clark intimacy as oddly advantageous to environmentalists. "Reagan has lost his lightning rod," contends Polly Freeman, spokeswoman for the Sierra Club. With Watt going and Clark arriving, the President, she believes, will have to take more heat on environmental issues. About the best that environmentalists could say about Clark last week was that his lack of knowledge on land issues could work in their favor. Says Janet Brown, executive director of the Environmental Defense Fund: "Maybe it's better he start with no opinion than the opinions James Watt started...