Word: burlington
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Berri had promised that he would try to arrange for reporters to meet with the hostages, and on Thursday he staged the press conference at the airport featuring five of the 40 captive Americans. The five were Allyn Conwell, 39, of Houston, Thomas Cullins, 42, of Burlington, Vt., Vincente Garza, 53, of Laredo, Texas, Peter Hill and Arthur Toga. The political purpose of the event was transparent: Conwell read a statement urging President Reagan not to try to rescue the hostages by military means. He also called for the release of the 776 Shi'ite detainees in Israel "who undoubtedly...
...Last week the revived firm was suddenly a big spender. Wickes, which emerged from 33 months of bankruptcy-law proceedings in January, agreed to pay $1 billion in cash for the consumer- and industrial-products groups of Gulf & Western Industries. Included in the sale are the units that manufacture Burlington hosiery, Simmons mattresses and some clothing that is licensed to carry the Calvin Klein and Liz Claiborne designer labels. The acquisition will nearly double Wickes' annual sales, to about $6 billion...
...Burlington, Mass. native was the ECAC Player of the Year as well as All-Ivy and All-American. The 1984 U.S. Olympian will, barring injury, become the Harvard career scoring leader next season...
...Burlington, Mass native said last night that he was not sure how his election would effect his decision to turn professional...
...battle for Player of the Year will be between Fusco and RPI's Adam Oates, who last the conference scoring little to the Burlington, Mass., native in the final weekend of the season...