Word: westin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is the further question of whether testers cast their nets too broadly, penalizing employees for off-the-job indulgences that have no bearing on their job performance. Urinalysis, for instance, can indicate drug use a week or more after it has taken place. Columbia University Professor Alan Westin says that how people spend their time away from work is a private matter: "Many generations of American workers would get roaring drunk on Saturday night, then show up for work a little hung over on Monday morning, and we led the world in production." Westin believes tests should measure...
...lines of stretch limousines and crowds of celebrity gawkers at Los Angeles' glassy Westin Bonaventure Hotel last Thursday signaled a Hollywood gala in progress. The collective star power of those in attendance would have done Oscar or Emmy proud. Elizabeth Taylor served as hostess and co- chairperson. Carol Burnett and Sammy Davis Jr. belted out a medley of show tunes. Fast-footed Hinton Battle strutted his stuff from the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid, and Rockers Cyndi Lauper and Rod Stewart teamed up to sing a pounding version of Time After Time. The audience was even treated...
...United Airlines, announced plans to buy the largest and oldest (founded 1918) U.S. car-rental company for $587.5 million in cash from RCA, which has owned it for 18 years. By combining Hertz (1984 sales: $1.4 billion) with America's largest airline and UAL's 54-unit luxury Westin Hotel subsidiary, the deal will create a travel and hotel complex to serve the business traveler from plane to car to bed. Said UAL Chairman Richard Ferris: "The sun, the moon and the stars have all come together...
...company has bought the Pacific routes of Pan American for $750 million and paid $265 million for 30 jets owned by ailing Frontier Airlines. To raise cash for the deals and add to its $1.1 billion cash hoard, UAL worked out a way to sell half of its Westin hotels to investors while retaining management contracts and fees. The company could realize $800 million to $900 million because of increased property values...
...other reasons for picking the same digs as his headquarters during the Democratic Convention, starting with its location one block from Moscone Center. By contrast, the other two Democratic presidential candidates will be staying a traffic-clogged half-mile away on Union Square - Gary Hart at the venerable Westin St. Francis and Jesse Jackson at the high-rise Hyatt...