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During the next three years, Dunn made nine visits to Fremantle and watched the city, once a thriving colonial port, regain its past vibrancy as it played host to thousands of spectators. After deciding in December that the four-hour plane trip from Melbourne was too time consuming, Dunn and his assistant, Di Webster packed their files and computers onto the Indian-Pacific train and opened a new office 1,700 miles away, in a Fremantle town house a few hundred yards from the marinas...
...Charles Schwab, it was like a long battle to regain custody of a child. For more than a year he has tried to buy back the highly profitable discount- brokerage firm that he founded in 1971 and sold to BankAmerica for $57 million in 1983. Since then he has continued to run the brokerage, but he has felt shackled by the federal restrictions that come with being part of a bank- holding company...
...baby back. Having beaten out some 50 other bidders, he will pay $230 million in cash and securities. And if Schwab's brokerage operations increase in value during the next eight years, BankAmerica will pocket 15% of that gain. The price is steep, but Schwab is delighted to regain his independence. Says he: "My entrepreneurial instincts will be excited one more time...
That assuredly is not Reagan's view, but in his efforts to regain momentum he is handicapped by problems other than the temporary idleness enforced by his health. More than most Presidents, Reagan is dependent on the help of savvy aides, which he got during his first term. Right now, though, he is surrounded by inexperienced and unimaginative assistants; one of the brightest members of the current crew, Mitch Daniels, resigned over the weekend. As always, the President is detached from the details of policy and reluctant to crack heads. As a result, Secretary of State George Shultz and Secretary...
What activists need to regain popularity and inspire enthusiasm at Harvard is some tangible success on campus. Rather than dealing exclusively with South Africa, activists should vary their punch and also attack divisions and stratification right here at Harvard. Indeed, campus protesters have so far been disturbingly blind to the barriers which continue to plague our community...