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...military demeanor, established at EDS a corporate culture based on formality, patriotism and performance. In 1979 he dispatched a former Viet Nam commando and a group of executives on a defiant rescue of two EDS officials being held captive in Tehran. The successful exploit was chronicled by Author Ken Follett in the bestselling On Wings of Eagles...
...excitement: the deaf children in West Virginia who each got to pass the torch, then broke into a flurry of sign language; the thundering chants of "USA! U-S-A!" that erupted in St. Louis; the 4,000 people in Oklahoma City who crowded so close to Runner Ken Hardwick that he could only walk his route...
...could well continue. Scargill called off further picketing after Wednesday's clashes at Orgreave. But on Friday an estimated 3,500 miners again turned up at the beleaguered plant, and another skirmish with police took place. Elsewhere, there were signs that the striking miners might be gathering support. Ken Livingstone, the radical leftist leader of the Greater London Council, called for a mass union uprising against Thatcher "because the government is starting to be vulnerable." He proposed "a total stoppage of every bus and tube train into London," as well as walkouts by hospital workers and teachers...
...corporations in the U.S. has been run for nearly 20 years by an avowed Socialist. The company is Schlumberger (1983 revenues: $5.8 billion), a leading oilfield-services firm. The executive is Frenchman Jean Riboud, who is profiled in The Art of Corporate Success (Putnam; 184 pages; $15.95) by Writer Ken Auletta. Riboud, 64, is a corporate enigma. A hardheaded capitalist in business matters, he is nevertheless a confidant of Socialist French President François Mitterrand...
...every winner's story is a happy one. Ken Proxmire was a tool grinder when, in 1977, he won $1 million on a 50? Michigan lottery ticket. After the winnings started coming in ($50,000 a year for 20 years), Proxmire moved to Fresno, Calif, where he eventually opened three sporting-goods stores specializing in pool tables. He did a brisk business until 1980, when interest rates took a sharp rise and luxury items like pool tables became less popular. His business failed and, $100,000 in debt, he filed for bankruptcy. During this financial crisis his wife left...