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...thought the needle would be a lot bigger," said first-time donor Andy G. Larson '93 just after the nurse withdrew the needle from his arm, "but it went by quickly...
...week saw their hopes of installing a candidate of their choice dashed. After five ballots ended in deadlock, members of parliament, by a vote of 284 to 105, elected as President Zhelyu Zhelev, the leader of the opposition Union of Democratic Forces. Zhelev, who ran unopposed after all parties withdrew their initial candidates, needed a two-thirds majority of the members present...
...collapse of a $6.8 billion buyout attempt last October triggered a stock- market minicrash. In April, United's board tentatively accepted a $4.4 billion deal proposed by the airline's employees. But last week, as an Aug. 9 financing deadline approached, several major banks withdrew from talks with United's would-be owners. One apparent concern: the ability of the employees to handle the huge debt involved. As the banks stepped back, United's stock , fell 41 a share to close the week at 122. "The main problem," said a financial insider, "is this deal is stale...
...When Souter went to Washington to present his case, he went alone and without notes. His argument -- that since a boat could not get to the ocean from the lake, it was not a navigable waterway subject to federal control -- was so cogent and airtight that the Coast Guard withdrew its claim. This case added to the legal lore in the state that no one who is party to a case ever knows more about it than Souter. Says Merrill: "You can always count on David to have read relevant cases that you haven't heard...
Dunlap's machine, the first dual-deck VCR in the U.S., is venturing where electronics behemoths have feared to tread. Japan's Sharp test-marketed a version in the Middle East several years ago but withdrew the product after movie studios threatened to sue on the grounds that users would make illegal copies of prerecorded movie tapes. Dunlap and his colleagues ran into the same objections to their dual-deck technology in 1984. They were also unable to find any electronics companies willing to manufacture their machines or supply the needed parts. In 1987 Dunlap's company filed...