Word: ward
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...John W. Ward '45, president of Amherst, wrote a letter to Turner, asking him to disclose any existing connections between the CIA and Amherst employees or students, Douglas Wilson, secretary of public affairs at Amherst, said yesterday...
...said he was the actual God who made the heavens and earth." Jones ordered his followers to buy, and sell to the public, small pictures of him to ward off evil. He demanded...
...year after Thanksgiving, it can be downright agony for some people. Parking is a pain, stores are crowded, and sales clerks are often inexperienced or hard to find. One result has been a burst of new activity in an old idea: mail order. Not since Chicago Merchant Aaron Montgomery Ward put out his first "catalogue"-a one-page number flogging bed ticking, hoop skirts and $8 ladies' watches-almost a century ago has there been such high interest in ways of shopping without stores...
...result, all sorts of retailers are stepping up their mail-order activity. Bloomingdale's used to put out catalogues just to draw customers into its stores; now mail and phone orders account for a substantial part of its business. At Montgomery Ward, where mail-order business slumped sharply in the 1950s and early 1960s, catalogue sales are back at record levels...
...Atlanta Coach Leeman Bennett took note. The Falcons' defense set a modern-day N.F.L. record last year for allowing the fewest points scored, but the offense packed the scoring punch of a geriatrics ward. Having nowhere to go but up, Bennett installed a "Big Ben" play -for desperate situations when the clock was running out. With 19 seconds to go against New Orleans last week, Quarterback Steve Bartkowski called Big Ben. Three receivers rushed downfield, dogged by a battalion of defensive backs. Bartkowski lofted the ball, and what looked like four dozen arms groped for it. Atlanta...