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...people with a track record, or we find a good manager for someone who comes up with a good idea." One such person was Irving Tague, who had been general manager of Hughes Airwest, a West Coast airline. Tague headed a group of executives that founded Chicago's Midway Airlines in 1979. The company, which was launched largely with $6 million in Bessemer venture money, earned more than $3.4 million during this year's second quarter alone...
...souvenir front page on Thursday. The Economist had a color news page for the first time in its 138-year history. Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun (circ. 8 million), the largest newspaper in the world, deemed the wedding story important enough to rush in a color photo midway through its evening press run. But by week's end such energy had begun to dissipate. Most reporters were content to leave the saga of Charles and Diana on the note sounded in a Times editorial: "They have a marriage to build and a family to make. They, their advisers...
...University recently passed the midway point in a five-year, $250-million capital fund drive aimed largely at contributors who will be affected by the tax cuts...
...first, and he simply demolished his little-known opponent. Hearns's jab is his most effective weapon--it sets up his jackhammer right hand. Baez caught about 30 Hearns jabs in each of the first three rounds, and his face was swollen as he began the fourth. Midway through the stanza, Hearns followed his jab with a straight right which made Baez's head snap like a speed bag. About 20 punches later, the referee stopped the bout...
...strike has merely compounded the uncertainties of an industry that is already in upheaval. Between now and the end of the year, vacationers and business passengers will be lining up at ticket counters of new or almost new airlines that many travelers have probably never heard of: Midway, Muse, Sun and People Express...