Word: weres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Politics is not an intellectual pursuit for her; her political education was her own experience as a black woman. She never marched in the civil rights movement; her parents were her political models. "I can't separate myself from the fact that I grew up as a black child. My...
As shoppers streamed through the B. Altman department store in Manhattan last week, many of them looked wistfully at the lush elegance that surrounded them. The Renaissance-style emporium, completed in 1914 and situated across the street from the Empire State Building at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue, boasts crystal...
The chain was founded in 1865 by Benjamin Altman, the son of a milliner. In recent decades, the stores were run by the Altman Foundation, which gave $500,000 of the firm's profits to charities each year. Four years ago, the foundation sold Altman's to B.A. Realty Associates...
The going-out-of-business sale, which began the day after Thanksgiving, was hailed in full-page newspaper ads promising 20% discounts across the board. On the first day, a crowd of shoppers waited in line for more than an hour before the paneled doors were opened. The crush of...
The raiders' troubles have hit Wall Street like a line of falling dominoes. Defaults by overburdened borrowers have crippled the junk-bond market, which finances many takeover deals. Only $11 billion of junk bonds were issued for mergers and acquisitions in the first nine months of 1989, in contrast to...