Word: suede
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since 1951, Topps, which also makes Bazooka bubble gum, has been king of the cards market. By signing players to exclusive contracts while they were still in the minor leagues, the company had kept an almost complete monopoly for nearly 30 years. But two years ago Topps was sued for...
When Soviet troops moved into Afghanistan 2½ years ago, U.S. longshoremen took characteristically direct action. Calling the Soviets "international bully boys," they refused to unload ships bearing Russian cargo. Allied International, a Boston-based importer of Russian wood products, lost money as a result, and the company sued the...
Patricia Kehm, 25, a mother of two, started using Procter & Gamble's Rely tampons on Sept. 2, 1980. Four days later she was dead. Kehm was a victim of toxic-shock syndrome, which earlier in 1980 had been linked to superabsorbent tampons like Rely. Kehm's family sued...
WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Faculty Senate at the University of the District of Columbia has sued to prevent the appointment of Benjamin H. Alexander to be the university's new president.
Women and minority workers were the losers in the first case. At issue was a job-promotion plan at two American Tobacco Co. plants in Richmond. In effect, the scheme blocked blacks from many of the most desirable factory positions because whites had nearly always held the jobs that led...