Word: switch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...A.M.A. could strengthen its case by stressing that outlawing cigarette advertising is aimed at protecting minors. Critics of the tobacco industry scoff at its claims that cigarette ads are designed primarily to get smokers to stick with one brand or try another. "A rather small number of smokers switch," maintains Northeastern University Law Professor Richard Daynard. "The big payoff is in getting people to smoke, and the fresh market is entirely kids." Cigarette advertisers counter that they do not promote directly to a youth market, that they do not use sports or entertainment stars, and that all models...
Shocked by the market's spasms the day after their remarks, OPEC delegates proceeded carefully. Instead of deciding to switch to free-for-all prices, the ministers appointed a committee to consider strategies. When the market continued to plummet, the ministers finally restored order by making soothing remarks. Said Alirio Parra, the chief adviser to Venezuela's oil minister: "We are astounded by the way the market has reacted." While individual members will no doubt continue to make under-the-table discounts, as they have for several years, no official price cuts are likely to come until the group meets...
Sauter is hardly without his critics. Some veteran CBS staffers charge that he is concerned more with "razzle-dazzle" than with journalistic substance; they cite his support of the controversial hiring of Phyllis George as Morning News co-host. Yet the switch was welcomed by many at the network. Sauter is more outgoing and popular than Joyce (who will become senior vice president of CBS Worldwide Enterprises), and he presided over a successful retooling of the CBS Evening News under Anchorman Dan Rather. Said one executive: "Sauter is so forceful a man, he may pump people's creative juices again...
Both Bok and Mrs. Elizabeth noted that despite all the many details which must be worked out, one assuredly happy consequence of the switch is the money both Britain and Harvard will save because of the physical similarities that Charles and Rosen share...
O532: Gelber begins his last round. This time he will switch off all the lights and open the doors that were shut overnight. "As you see, all we are is the ears and eyes of the police. We never participate in any violence. Our job is to call the police when it looks like there will be a problem...