Word: victor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Victor Technologies (1982 sales: $65 million) decided to attack IBM head on in 1981 by building its own sales force and dealer network to match the computer giant. Says Founder and President Charles Peddle: "You're playing for enormous stakes so we took a risk in order to become a major player." But the company recorded an $11 million loss during the second three months of 1983 and expects to lose money during the third quarter as well. Peddle has shaken up the firm by abolishing 350 jobs and bringing in new managers. Now he says he is ready...
Ronald Reagan's main assault in his war against Big Government is over, and his Administration has proclaimed itself the victor. After working for 30 months, the President's Task Force on Regulatory Relief has closed up shop with the declaration by its chairman, Vice President George Bush, that it has snipped enough bureaucratic red tape to save U.S. businesses and consumers $150 billion over the next ten years. Said Bush: "These savings will continue to make an important contribution to the economic recovery now under way, without jeopardizing the environment, job or consumer safety, or other regulatory...
...will never marry again," Elizabeth Taylor reportedly declared 18 months ago. Well, when she was young, it was said that a woman was entitled to change her mind. And so last week Taylor, 51, announced her engagement to wealthy Mexican Lawyer Victor Gonzalez Luna, 56. He will be husband No. 8. To mark the occasion, Gonzalez Luna presented his intended with a 16½-carat sapphire surrounded by tiny diamonds. So forget Liz and Dick; until further notice, make...
...Victor Koepfer Worcester, Mass...
...traditional dimness of the Japanese house and the mandatory drabness of wartime, with its austerity colors and nocturnal blackout. On a popular level, the war had caused an immense disenchantment with traditional Japanese architecture, wood and paper: "weak" materials, which burned. Concrete and steel were the substances of a victor culture, and the huge termitary cities of Japan were rebuilt with them...