Word: ticket
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France's grandes ecoles, the elite graduate schools in which its political, business and professional leaders are trained, not only provide a ticket to the upper reaches of French life but also serve as a repository of the nation's highest culture and learning. Imagine the shock, then, when France's top business school, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, decided to offer a management program next fall that will be taught in English. Reason: English has become the language of international business...
...over," says Goodgame, "and I anticipated an Oscar-winning performance." But instead of blandishing smiles, Ringwald soberly admitted speeding and took her citation. "As she wheeled back into the traffic," Goodgame says, "I asked why she made no appeal. 'Because I was speeding, and I deserved to get the ticket,' she answered. She doesn't seem capable of doing anything false...
...auto loans, credit-card balances and other nonmortgage financing. This may bring a loss of business for lenders and the makers of vehicles and heavy appliances. Said Ira Shapiro, director of tax policy at the Coopers & Lybrand accounting firm: "It could change the way people buy big-ticket items. They may prefer to buy the cheaper item in a product line and pay cash for it, instead of borrowing...
...former State Secretary of Economic affairs, and State Sen. Gerard D'Amico (D-Worcester) are the two major contenders for this nomination. They both apparently have sufficient support to gain at least the 15 percent of delegates' votes that will put their names on the September 16 primary ticket...
Admission to the public affairs Forum at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on Tuesday, May 20, for the address by Attorney General Edwin Meese, and on Thursday, May 22, for the address by Secretary of the Treasury James A. Baker, will be by ticket only. Tickets--one per person--will be distributed to bearers of valid Harvard ID card at the Harvard Information Center in Holyoke Center beginning at 9 a.m., Monday, May 19. No one will be admitted to the Forum without a ticket...