Word: whitneys
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...cancer; in New York City. Neel starved during the Depression but eventually partook of the New Deal's WPA assistance. Long submerged in the tide of abstract expressionism, she was rediscovered in the late 1960s, and following a 1974 retrospective at New York City's Whitney Museum had numerous one-woman and group shows...
...John Opel, whose company last week announced a 21.7% increase in profits for the third quarter: "1984 was a very good year for us, and we have a view of 1985 that essentially says more of the same." Added Harry Gray, chairman of United Technologies, whose subsidiaries (including Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky) have seen their profits boosted by high Pentagon spending: "The outlook for '85 is excellent...
...provocative ads, and eight others like them, are the first volleys in a new war against political action committees (PACs). Leading the PAC attack: Philip Stern, a Washington philanthropist and liberal Democratic activist who last September joined forces with New York Republican Whitney North Seymour Jr., a former U.S. Attorney, to form the nonpartisan "citizens against PACS." The group's goal is to pressure Congress into eliminating the corporate, labor union and special-interest PACs that make what Stern calls "ax-to-grind" contributions to candidates. Says he: "We want to make it uncomfortable for Congress to continue accepting...
...most local of the Square's bars is Whitney's Cafe (37 JFK St.), next to Urban Outfitters. The drinks are cheap and the beer standard fare as at any other bar in the country, no surprises here. The owner says he wants to attract student business but for some reason almost no one in the Yard has ever heard of it. But if you do go in to watch a ball game on the tube you will not feel unwelcome...
...report, on which Reuters had a 45-minute lead over all competitors, of the bombing attacks that killed almost 300 U.S. and French troops in Beirut last October. Yet Reuters does not hurry stories onto the wire before they are confirmed. New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Craig Whitney praises Reuters for reliability and restraint: "It is low key, cautious, thorough and not sensational." Says Jerusalem Post Editor Ari Rath: "With Reuters, you rarely have to ask, 'Do you have it from another source as well...