Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...students under what conditions they would like to have exams before Christmas vacation. The questionnaire, which some students criticized as overly complicated, asked students whether they were willing to return to school earlier in the fall and perhaps sacrifice part of reading period or other holidays in order to start the summer earlier...
During the past off-season, teams offered less to their first-year players. B.J. Surhoff, a rookie catcher who had a lot to do with the Brewers' 13-0 start, makes only about $65,000 a year--the minimum wage...
...effort seemed destined to become one of the most futile and foolhardy moves in marketing history, as ridiculous as trying to sell snow to Eskimos or coals to Newcastle. Six years ago BMW, the West German automaker, decided to start a major drive to increase its exports to the land of Honda and Toyota. Walter Sawallisch, director of marketing for BMW Japan, recalls vividly the reaction his company got from industry experts: "When we began, people told us there was no chance at all. They said the Japanese would never buy foreign- made cars...
...through a network of 33 dealerships owned by a Japanese company. The BMWs were almost casually displayed in large showrooms that also contained such disparate products as imported cameras and audio equipment. Convinced that sales could be much higher, BMW made the bold decision to buy the dealerships and start a full-scale Japanese subsidiary. The company chose Yoji Hamawaki to direct its new offensive. He is a marketing whiz who spent 14 years selling Kawasaki motorcycles in the U.S. before moving to BMW Japan as president...
...that with two children in college, he needed to begin work immediately. Said Dixon: "Like the rest of us, he can't afford to interrupt that income stream. He can't just take a year off and write novels." The author of two novels already, Hart does hope to start another one in his spare time...