Word: stanleys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tough, young Philadelphia Flyers, with Rick MacLeish scoring the only goal of the game, beat the Boston Bruins yesterday and became the first expansion team to win the National Hockey League's storied Stanley...
Harvard Professor of Government Stanley Hoffmann finds similarities in the shaky political situation to the Depression 1930s in that it is "a time when you have weak majorities and no strong leaders." One crucial difference is that while leaders are under fire almost everywhere, relatively few people are calling-at least so far-for fundamental changes in the democratic system. Today, says Professor Heinrich Winkler of Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg, "the parliamentary system as such has not failed...
...retailing domain are more than 400 department and specialty stores, gift and book shops. Their profitability is due largely to Hawley's willingness to let his company's acquisitions maintain their separate personalities. "The best way for Neiman-Marcus to survive," he says, "is to let Stanley Marcus run it." Hawley is now negotiating to buy 20% of Britain's House of Fraser Ltd., owner of the prestigious Harrods of London and 90 other United Kingdom stores. The purchase will be a cornerstone of Hawley's plans to boost company profits ($39.8 million...
...charm of the hero, Pat Conroy (known to his students as Conrack), who overcomes reactionary school officials and intransigent students and parents to give his class a sense of the world beyond Yamacraw--before he is fired. She dunned some of the film's simplifications but saluted its spirit. Stanley Kauffman in The New Republic, applauded the film as entertainment, though he scored its faults more heavily than Kael; he singled out Jon Voight's performance and Martin Ritt's tactful, sympathetic direction, and noted that if the film relies on sentiment, organic, well-dramatized sentiment is always justifiable...
...Boston Bruins have all but kissed off any chances of bringing two championship crowns to Beantown in one season. The Philadelphia Flyers pushed their edge to three games to one in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup finals...