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...course, Colin Powell, whom most of Washington is hailing as a prime mover in the Haitian deal. "Jimmy Carter headed the delegation, but everyone knew Colin Powell was the most important person on that plane," says one Administration official. It was Powell who described to Haitian military chief Raoul Cedras in terrifying detail the firepower the U.S. was prepared to use. It was Powell who convinced Cedras that it was more in keeping with military honor to yield than to fight. It was Powell who ultimately persuaded President Clinton to take the deal with all its flaws. If the Haitian...
...year 2000, a people mover system will connect the terminals to the MBTA subway, the parking garage and the new Hyatt Conference Center...
...favorite pastime on Wall Street is watching megamergers come together -- and then, sometimes, picking them apart. In this one, the prime mover was Daniel R. Tisch, second son of Larry Tisch and general partner of the risk and arbitrage investment firm Mentor Partners. Says Danny, who encouraged Tisch to buy CBS stock in 1985: "My father has four very smart sons -- or three very smart sons and myself -- and my basic business is trading in securities and investing in securities and takeovers and in mergers and acquisitions. So I do have a fairly good idea of any of the issues...
...effort to help those lugging baggage around the airport, Massport is installing a people mover system to link all the terminals, both to each other and to the airport T station...
...profiteer and a war hero. He was chummy with the Nazis; he saved many Jews. Oskar Schindler, the prime mover in Steven Spielberg's epic act of witnessing, had a little majesty and a lot of mystery. He remains that way to Liam Neeson, the screen Schindler. "I still don't know what made him save all those lives," says Neeson, 41. "He was a man everybody liked. And he liked to be liked; he was a wonderful kisser of ass. Perhaps he was inspired to do some great piece of work. I like to think -- and maybe it comes...