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...company to a group of 14 cable-TV operators and Financier Kirk Kerkorian for $550 million. Turner will use the money to buy back those troublesome preferred shares. Kerkorian, the former owner of 50.1% of MGM/UA, and the cable operators will gain five seats on Turner Broadcasting's eleven-member board of directors. Managing a narrow escape, Turner was able to hold on to slightly more than 50% of the company that he built from scratch...
...Eleven of the Crimson's first 16 games this season took place on the road--including a pair at Minnesota-Duluth and a weekend series against St. Lawrence and Clarkson in upstate New York...
Other studies echo the litany of laxity: in the past two decades the prevalence of obesity increased from 18% to 27% among children ages six to eleven and from 16% to 22% among those ages twelve to 17; 40% of youngsters ages five to eight have elevated blood-pressure or blood-cholesterol levels or do not exercise at all; any of these factors probably increases their risk of developing heart disease. Teens are cutting back on tobacco, but 18% of senior high school boys and 21% of senior girls still smoke one or more cigarettes every day. Warns Dr. Kenneth...
Leon Febres Cordero, Ecuador's President, is a free man again after a bizarre incident last week in which he was held hostage for eleven hours at an air base by rebellious air force officers. Febres Cordero and his Defense Minister were captured after a brief fire fight that left two people dead...
Auque is one of five Frenchmen and eleven other foreigners, including five Americans, now being held in Lebanon. The kidnaping underscored the frustration inherent in any attempt to gain freedom for those in the hands of terrorists. Informed of Auque's capture, Waite appeared stunned and said, "I am very, very sorry to hear that." He vowed, however, to continue his efforts to free kidnap victims...