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...from Mars in the form of a meteorite. Why go there to get others? Ten more trips are planned. Was that earlier Mars rock another fraud foisted on the public to keep interest in NASA alive so that its funding would be secure? NASA needs to refocus its efforts. ALLEN CRAIG FLETCHER Vero Beach...
...most glaring oddity in this drama is that Allen hand picked Walter, who boasted a strong sales background but no telecom experience. Yet he was attractive because he accepted Allen's demand to stay on until January 1998. "The best people are already running large companies and do not want to wait before taking over," says an executive familiar with the search...
Within weeks of arriving, Walter told the Wall Street Journal that he hadn't joined AT&T "to be No. 2." Blocked by Allen from importing his own deputies, Walter moved aggressively, relying on his salesman style to win new allies. His extensive meetings with AT&T employees and corporate clients buttressed morale, as did his promotion of several insiders. But along the way, Walter lost sight of the only constituency that mattered: Allen. Last April after Walter, not Allen, got the call from SBC's chairman proposing merger talks, Allen escalated his criticism, telling AT&T directors that Walter...
...reach out and tap someone. This time, the board will conduct its own search, and the new CEO will take over pronto. The top inside candidate is John Zeglis, AT&T's vice chairman. A swift choice would provide an ironic coda: by hastening Walter's departure, Allen will have hastened his own as well...
...ROBERT ALLEN The chairman-king killed his heir apparent, but now the AT&T board is looking to kill the king...