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America's latest export to Britain may be the shareholder revolt. Last week angry institutional investors prompted the unceremonious ejection of Sir Roland Smith as chairman of British Aerospace. Smith had come under criticism for a lone-wolf management style and moves into such recession-vulnerable businesses as real estate and automaking. As profits went into a tailspin during the past six months, Smith sought to raise fresh funds with a new stock issue. But word leaked to the press, and shareholders feared a dilution of their stock. The investor backlash inspired the company's board to dump Smith. Such...
...lone blot on Giardi's performance was the Crimson's inability to score for much of the second half. Giardi will be called on this time to engineer a more consistent offensive attack if the Crimson hopes to keep pace with the Cadets...
Harper did not have quite as much company at Brandies, where he taught from 1988 until last year and where he was the school's lone Afro-American Literature scholar. "I loved it at Brandies, but be at the end of the last year I was exhausted," he says...
While the Stanfords and Georgias of the nation racked up intercollegiate championships, the Harvards of the northeast struggled to earn the lone eastern regional berth to the NCAA Championships...
While the Stanfords and Georgias of the nation racked up intercollegiate championships, the Harvards of the northeast struggled to earn the lone eastern regional berth to the NCAA Championships...