Word: weekday
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sears, Roebuck store finally opened at noon, customers were welcomed with coffee, cake and brightly colored balloons. From Waikiki to Watertown, N.Y., crowds poured into Sears' 823 outlets last week to see firsthand the transformation of America's largest retailer. After closing its stores for 42 hours -- the longest weekday shutdown in the retail chain's 103-year history -- Sears permanently slashed prices by as much as 50% on 50,000 products, or about three-fourths of its inventory...
When they tune in to the likes of G.I. Joe, Smurfs and Thundercats, young television viewers are pelted with pitches for everything from plastic aircraft carriers to presweetened cereals. To control the clutter, Congress overwhelmingly approved a bill restricting commercials to 12 min. per hr. on weekday kids' shows and to 10 1/2 min. on weekends. The measure, aimed at reimposing limits dropped by the Federal Communications Commission in 1984, also required broadcasters to air educational programs for children...
...until recently traffic coordinator at U.S. Recycling Industries, says she wouldn't hesitate to order chocolate tortes or cheesecake when treated to a business lunch. "Since I'm not paying, the calories don't really count," she rationalizes. In Chicago, Donna Needy, 41, a casualty-company exec, begins each weekday with a healthy dose of high-fiber Metamucil powder and follows up with a strict 900-calorie diet. But, she confesses, "the 900 calories can be anything: ice cream or Fannie May lemon butter creams...
...truth, the two campaign staffs, like rival armies, increasingly tend to resemble each other. Every weekday morning, Sasso in Boston and Baker in Washington preside over strategy meetings designed to fine-tune that day's thematics. The longer-range questions at both meetings are similar: Where will the candidate go next? What will he say? What is the target group of voters? What do the polls say? Which states warrant a heavier advertising budget...
...show it has helped create promises to be a stunner. Despite the 14-hour time difference between Seoul and New York City, fully three-quarters of NBC's planned 179 1/2 hours of coverage over the next fortnight will be live. When the telecasts begin each weekday at 7 a.m. EDT, it will be 9 p.m. in Seoul, the peak of the evening competition. When evening coverage starts, at 7:30 EDT, it will be 9:30 a.m. in Seoul, just as the daytime events are getting under way. South Korean Olympic officials have helpfully scheduled the finals of many...