Word: suede
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even as the Guccis battle enemies around them, they seem unable to forge a workable peace within. The suit against Maurizio is only the latest family feud to land in the courts. In 1982, Aldo was sued by his son Paolo, 54, formerly Gucci's chief designer, who accused his...
The 18,000-member AFSCME affiliate in Washington supported nine workers who sued the state for pay discrimination in 1982, basing their case on a 1974 state-commissioned report that had found that state workers in job categories dominated by women were paid 20% less than those in male-dominated...
Property-and-casualty insurance companies say they have no choice but to hike rates because they are scrambling to recover from $3.8 billion in red ink last year. Some of the current losses are the result of a six-year rate war in which most insurers slashed premiums with competitive...
Meanwhile, many desperate businesses and municipalities have started practicing do-it-yourself insurance. The smaller cities and companies do this by joining together to create a reserve of cash from which claims can be paid. Larger ones simply salt away what they think will be enough money to cover any...
Honor Student Ryan White, 13, began seventh grade last week. But he did not get on a yellow bus to travel the five miles to the Western Middle School near Kokomo, Ind. For Ryan, classroom is his bedroom, where he tries to hear teachers and speak to fellow pupils via...