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...described her as a painstakingly careful attorney and a judge who ran her courtroom with taut discipline and a clear disdain for lawyers who had not done their homework. "She handled her work with a certain meticulousness, an eye for legal detail," recalled Phoenix Lawyer John Frank. Added John McGowan, another Phoenix attorney: "She's a very conscientious, very careful lawyer." Some defense lawyers, however, found O'Connor's strict demeanor on the bench so intimidating that they dubbed her "the bitch queen...
...William McGowan, a Harvard M.B.A. who is founder and chairman of MCI Communications Corp., the long-distance telephone company: "They have great ambition, great minds, love to do things, but they just don't have the competence, maturity or capability to do them. They don't understand what is doable, vs. what is idealistic. After they get some experience, a little of the school of hard knocks, then they understand the reality...
...agreement will enable American Express to move deeper into the communications business, where it has already been active through a cable TV partnership with Warner Communications. It will also help MCI by giving the company a new market for its already existing telephone service. Says Chairman William McGowan: "With its cardholders, American Express can fill our phone system for the next couple of years...
Washington, D.C.-based MCI was founded by McGowan, 53, a Harvard Business School-trained entrepreneur who correctly foresaw a market for cheaper long-distance phone service using new microwave technology. In 1972, MCI began selling business clients its telephone service between a few heavy-traffic cities, including New York, St. Louis...
...that had been reached during the last days of the Carter Administration. Ma Bell's competitors immediately voiced fears that Carter officials had made too many concessions to A T & T in their rush to wrap up the case before the new President took office. Said William McGowan, chairman of MCI Telecommunications, which is battling Bell for the long-distance telephone market: "It sounds like a slap on the wrist." Added Herbert Jasper, Washington lobbyist for a group of telecommunications companies: "It appears to be a free ride...