Word: networkers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most glaring case was Saudi Industrialist Ghaith Pharaon's ploy to hook up with the Georgia good-ole-boy network. The Saudi financier bought from President Carter's former Budget Director and confidant Bert Lance most of his shares in the National Bank of Georgia for $2.4 million, a price far above the market value; other Arab moneymen reportedly arranged a loan for Lance of about $3.5 million. In another case, a group of Arabs, led by a shadowy sheik named Kamal Adham, the former chief of Saudi internal intelligence, touched off a confusing imbroglio in Washington...
...most valued words at NBC are "Heeere's Johnny!" No wonder, since Johnny Carson's Tonight show brings the network $90 million a year in advertising revenues. It does come as some surprise, however, that the mere mention of Host Carson's name can also affect the stock market. Last week a few of Carson's friends and relatives were caught in an embarrassing, illegal stock ploy to capitalize on inside information about the entertainer's participation in a Las Vegas casino deal...
...news ratings, behind longtime leader CBS and newly aggressive ABC. Desperate to reverse the slide, NBC last month hired Diplomatic Correspondent Marvin Kalb, 50, away from CBS-but only after taking the questionable step of guaranteeing him a certain number of appearances on the nightly news each week. The network also announced that its Today Show would air ten "exclusive" interviews with Presidential Candidate John Anderson during the Republican Convention, a gimmick of dubious news value and fairness...
Consider, for example, the recent news that NBC will lose only $15 million on its investment to cover the Olympics in Moscow--because the network took out insurance when it first bought the rights. Who would ever think of buying insurance three years ago? Obviously, NBC knew about the boycott before the Soviets invaded Afghanistan...
With the idea born, all the cagers needed was the financing. So they employed a touch of the alumni network, counting on Crimson connections. Tom Stenberg and Ed Lee coordinated the drive with the Fung Ping-fan family playing a major role. Having received funds from several graduates, Coca Cola, American Express and Braniff Airlines, the Harvard hoopsters were on their way--to Beijing...