Word: swifts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...England Bluegrass Boys--Winthrop JCR at 2 p.m. Judy Collins--Symphony Hall at 8:30 p.m. Gordon Bok--First Congregational Church at 8 p.m. Elliott and Rosenthal--Back Room at The Idler at 8 p.m. Dick Curless--Jonathan Swift's at 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Open Hoot--Sword-in-the-Stone...
Strange Brew Coffeehouse--Hilles penthouse at 8 p.m. The Moonlighters--Jonathan Swift...
John Fahey and Mark Dix--Passim at 8:00 and 10:30 p.m. Strange Brew Coffeehouse--Hilles penthouse at 8 p.m. Paul Orsillo--Back Room at The Idler at 9:15 p.m. The Moonlighters--Jonathan Swift's at 9:30 and 11 p.m. Turnout--Up From Under Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. Open Hoot--Sword-in-the-Stone...
Telling beat out four other Sears executives, including President Dean Swift, who some thought had the inside track. But Swift had been neutral in the fashion v. tradition battle; Telling strongly supported the move back to the middle market and, since he was boss of all field operations, his voice was decisive. Says he: "We are not Bloomingdale's or K mart. We are once again back to where people feel comfortable with us." The move has been a huge success: Sears' sales of $15 billion and profits of $695 million in 1976 both set records...
...deaths and 10,000 injuries a year. Insurance companies estimate that in 1976 arson cost $2 billion in claims. As a result, fire insurance premiums have risen sharply in the past five years. Adding other, related costs such as business failures, loss of jobs and tenant relocation, Walter D. Swift, vice president of the American Insurance Association estimates last year's total arson price tag in the U.S. to be between $10 billion and $15 billion...