Four Times Your Age In Thousands, Fortune Says
A lunchtime chat at the State Liner Diner riffs on Fortune magazine's claim that in the 1990s you must earn four times your age in thousands to live comfortably. Ed and Fred joke about bills, jobs, and law school while debating income and inflation.
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Fortune Magazine
Fortune
Benny
Fred
Bill Gates
New York
UNC School of Law
Freightliner
Fellas
Sam Donaldson Jr
Through rain or cyberspace email use rising in Gaston County
A Gastonia native moves 800 miles away to Springfield Missouri and discovers family roots through Prodigy genealogy boards fueling interest in online services. Nationwide, e mail volume rose to 1.5 million messages daily in 1994 with AOL and CompuServe reporting strong adoption.
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Gastonia
Springfield
Gerry Huggins
Huggins
First Assembly Christian Academy
America Online
Airborne traffic jam tightens as cargo rivals rise
Charlotte air cargo volumes slip in 1995 first quarter with 47.6 million pounds loaded and 44.6 million unloaded while Express and UPS expand fleets. Local leaders push for a regional freight airport along the county line to capture more regional cargo. rail and road carriers still handle much of the rest.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Douglas International
Gaston
Cleveland
Joe Carpenter
al Moretz
Charlotte Douglas
Federal Express Crop
United Parcel Service of America Inc
David Pierce
Boeing Co
Northwest Airlines
Fathers shaped leaders say their dads set the tone
IBM chief Thomas Watson Jr spoke of a drive to run on the same racetrack as his father. Sam Walton’s father was a tough low price trader. Lee Iacocca’s father fostered high expectations as a stern patriarch. Other CEOs recalled fathers as exemplars of service and coaching styles.
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Thomas Watson Jr
IBM
Sam Walton
Lee Iacocca
Larry Perlman
Ceridian
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America
CompuServe
Susan Adickes
Sunbeam-Oster
Stanley
Ms. Adickes
Sunbeam Oster
William Payson
MergeGlobal
Kermit Hull
the Gazette
Dad
Bob Allen
At&t
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