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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...return to. By the time Greyhound and its unions resumed talks last Saturday, management was holding most of the aces. With more than 1,000 new drivers on the job, and 1,000 more in training, the company was servicing 42% of its normal routes. Having played their trump card by striking, the workers were facing a management that could get along without them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor Draws An Empty Gun | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

Attempts to influence news reporting, however, are not always prompted by such laudatory aims. Professional publicity experts have made a multibillion- dollar industry out of copping column inches and airtime for everything / from smokers' rights and rap records to haute couture and the Trump bust-up. And the White House has raised press manipulation to a virtual art form, often for the narrowest political motives. The Reagan Administration, led by the Great Persuader himself, was notorious for its spin control. Last week the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a Washington-based watchdog group, issued a report detailing nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Shopping in The News Bazaar | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

...casino battle, Trump fought Griffin in a vicious take-over battle for control of the boardwalk. In the end, Griffin won Resorts, which is now almost bankrupt. Trump ended up with a lot of cash, which he used to finish the Taj Maha! casino located conveniently next to Resorts...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Freedom at Fire Sale Prices | 3/21/1990 | See Source »

...Trump made a smart decision when he let Griffin fight him for Resorts. By losing, he ended up winning. That's the "Art of the Deal." In the Soviet Union, the only difference is that the land masses are larger...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Freedom at Fire Sale Prices | 3/21/1990 | See Source »

...probably won't. That sort of response went out with the retreat from Afghanistan and the introduction of Pizza Hut to Bucharest. Gorbachev the born-again capitalist should screw his adversaries and make them think they're getting the better deal. That's what Donald Trump advises...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Freedom at Fire Sale Prices | 3/21/1990 | See Source »

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