Word: use
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gelfard said she wanted New York alumni to use the education they received at Harvard and "give some-thing back" to society. And while Harvard has long had organizations to inform students about public service, she said, New York has few existing institutions to encourage community work...
...initial encounter in which he paid Steve Gobie $80 for sex, the Congressman says he tried to lift the younger man out of drugs and prostitution by hiring him to run errands. He wrote letters to Gobie's probation officer and paid his psychiatric bills. He allowed Gobie the use of a car and sometimes his apartment when he was out of town...
...lone minority-group member has a similar effect. Says Ron Anderson, vice chairman of the Bozell ad agency: "Ten or 15 years ago, there was a sense of tokenism. Some advertisers would throw a black or Hispanic into an ad because they were sensitive to minorities. Now we use blacks and Hispanics to sell a product...
...billion junk-bond market has grown explosively since the early 1980s, when Drexel Burnham Lambert's Michael Milken pioneered the use of high- yield bonds as a means to finance hostile takeovers. In the wake of his indictment last March for insider trading and racketeering, Milken has resigned his Drexel post and stayed far removed from the market. But speaking at a Manhattan conference on high-yield debt last week, Milken suggested that it was time to buy, not sell, junk bonds. Said he: "There is tremendous opportunity out there today...
...cleanup is a success. Says senior vice president K. Terry Koonce of the 1,100 miles of shoreline treated: "It's reasonably clean; it's pretty pristine." The Coast Guard, which must sign off on the work Exxon has done, is more guarded. "We don't like to use the word clean," says Captain Zawadzki. "It's not as easy as washing dishes." Protecting itself against future charges that it let Exxon off the hook, the Coast Guard will / certify only that the company's cleanup plan has been executed as described...