Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Even fewer people were aware of the myriad deals Dino had concocted for himself. Case in point: De Laurentiis sold the rights to the sequel King Kong Lives to DEG for $21 million shortly before it opened in 1986. When the picture died on impact (estimated receipts: $2 million), De Laurentiis tried to compensate by giving DEG the rights to even more dubious films, some of which hadn't been made...
...tends to isolate Asians and brings resentment." Unfortunately, the typical response from Asian Americans to being held up as an example is to denigrate their own very real strengths -- industriousness, perseverance, sacrifice -- making it almost shameful for them to try to excel. Says Ueda: "It gets to the point where a lot of Asian-American leaders don't like to focus on success...
...built the fund over the years, Lynch acquired a prodigious reputation for doing his homework. Unlike most money managers, Lynch has made a point of visiting companies before he buys their stock. On a typical tour he would call on three firms a day and take note of everything from the alertness of secretaries to the cleanliness of parking lots. In one visit to Chrysler he first met Chairman Lee Iacocca and then walked into an auto plant to talk with workers. "People often ask me to explain my strategy," he says. "When I tell them my strategy...
...appears to be yes to the much disputed issue. The F.S.L.N. and Chamorro's transition team agreed last week that the Sandinista People's Army and the Interior Ministry, which oversees the police, should be "subordinated to the civil power of the president of the republic." In a seven-point document, the two sides also specified that the new government could reduce the size of the military. Chamorro has promised deep cuts in the 70,000-man army, as well as in the police force, whose size is secret but is estimated...
...sticking point is the reluctance of some anti-Sandinista contras to lay down their weapons before Chamorro takes office on April 25. But the rebels are running out of friends faster than ammunition. When 100 contras ambushed and killed a dozen Sandinista soldiers near the Honduran border last week, the attack was swiftly denounced by the newspaper La Prensa, owned and operated by the Chamorro family...