Word: welched
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...John F. Welch, Jr., who is also the chair of GE, accepted the Dively Award for Corporate Public Initiative on behalf of the company and spoke to a crowd of about 300 people at the Kennedy School of Government about the company's efforts to increase the number of college-bound students from disadvantaged backgrounds...
...question for the '90s is `what's the next act...How do we adapt to a decade of change that is already making the wild `80s look like a walk in the park?' Creativity in the individual determines if this nation wins in 1990," Welch said...
...talk, entitled "Mentors, Tutors, Friends: Employee Volunteers in America's Schools," Welch described the efforts of General Electric employees to assist high school students with their academic and non-academic problems...
...Over 100 of our people linked up with students who wanted help," Welch said of an inner-city high school in Cinncinnatti. When the program began, three students out of a class of 305 went on to college, he said. This year, 73 enrolled in colleges...
When you come to bat, dare to swing against Oakland native Dave Stewart, the game's most feral competitor, whose "death stare" would spook Cyclops. Or face Bob Welch, the first American League pitcher since 1968 to win 26 games in a season. Try hitting a grounder through the A's stingy infield. And if you hope to rally, ponder the presence of ace reliever Dennis Eckersley, who has issued only seven bases on balls in two years. You can run but you can't walk...