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...concerned, a high-ranking aide explains that Arafat, who keeps a notoriously irregular schedule, hadn't slept the two previous nights. But if Arafat, the only leader the Palestinians have known for 28 years, should depart the scene soon, there will be a messy succession struggle, as no heir is at all apparent...
...during this period that the villagers informed Cox that they wanted to name him heir to the goddess Nafanua. When he declined, fearing that the title would interfere with his research, the villagers refused to sign the preservation agreement. Cox relented. "Being a deity is not my cup of tea," he says, "but Nafanua stands for conservation and rain-forest ecology, so I said to them, 'O.K., I'll take the cards I've been dealt.'" Now chiefs and children alike respectfully address him as Nafanua...
...billion debt burden to a comfortable $1 billion. At the same time, he has greatly accelerated Kodak's once sluggish product-development cycles. "There is no self-doubt as to where the opportunities lie," says company president Daniel Carp, a 27-year Kodak veteran and Fisher's presumed heir. Nor, Carp adds, is there any lack of confidence in Kodak's ability to cash in on those opportunities or to meet Fisher's goal of increasing the company's per share profits an average of 10% annually...
Whoever runs the Times next may have to do it within a drastically changed company. One question is who will take over when Punch Sulzberger, 71, retires as CEO. Though his son is heir-apparent, there is speculation that other family members may challenge young Arthur for the title or at least insist that the jobs of ceo and publisher (combined under Punch) be separated. Meanwhile, the company--flush with cash after selling off several sports and leisure magazines--is shopping for a substantial acquisition or two in the next year. If the Times Co. were to purchase a major...
...While an heir apparent to Harvard's all-time rushing leader, Eion Hu '97, may have been born last week in junior running back Troy Jones, the Crimson may prefer to deal the Engineers an aerial blow. Lehigh has contained its previous two opponents to under 3.0 yards per carry...