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...largest long distance carrier, anything can happen in this brave new world of telecommunications deregulation. Potential barriers include investors, federal regulators and, yes, even GTE. British Telecom, the other player in the three-way bidding war, has apparently cashed out ? pocketing nearly $7.5 billion thanks to its 20 percent stake...
...prosecution, says Jackson, wants just the opposite; the people most abhorrent of Unabomber's style of justice are those most comfortable in the society he detested: "Middle-aged people with jobs, with families, people with a stake in the community. And the Sacramento area is filled with such people -- retirees, former government employees, former military...
...small record company that became a huge political problem for its then owner, Time Warner (parent company of TIME's publisher), by releasing gangsta-rap albums such as Tupac Shakur's 2pacalypse Now. Capitulating to critics, Time Warner severed its joint agreement with Interscope and sold its 50% stake back to Iovine and Field for $100 million. Four months later, the two resold that stake to hit-starved Universal for $200 million. This is not an industry big on morality plays...
...daughter enters college. I have been a corporate vice president and currently own and operate a small business. My generation of women did change the world; however, those of us who succeeded placed ourselves out front and on the line. If Hillary wants a legacy, she should take risks: stake out a position of power for which there is responsibility and accountability. She should not hide behind policy and nice ideas that she can retreat from when things turn sour...
Three different interests have a stake in a play review: the performers and the arts community; the Crimson editors and writers, and the potential audience, namely students. The relationship between the theater community and The Crimson is by definition adversarial, but it does not have to be hostile. While actors and directors must realize that all Crimson reviews cannot be positive, just as all plays aren't perfect, The Crimson must also make an effort to incorporate the views of actors and directors into its coverage. One reader suggestion which I think is a good one is to conduct...