Word: barone
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...world of the Harvard radio station. Only the luckiest DJs at “Record Hospital,” the rock department of whrb 95.3 fm, have ever gotten “the most satisfactory kind of call you can get,” as Zach I. Baron puts it. “It is a big part of the mythology of the department,” says Jason S. Tajima, who was twice blessed. “It’s a big deal when it happens...
Record Hospital knows it caters to a particular listenership. “Most of our listeners are cab drivers and prisoners,” says Baron. “People working late at night, and prizoners—I guess they are bored, they don’t have much to do. You can’t ignore it when they call in. For them, it’s like, ‘Thanks, you’re making my life a lot better...
...father's seat. The future Prime Minister was sent off to work for an L.D.P. heavyweight, Takeo Fukuda. Koizumi answered the phone, ran errands and dusted Fukuda's shoes. He finally took his father's place in 1972, but the years with Fukuda were well spent. For an L.D.P. baron, Fukuda was famously incorruptible, and Koizumi watched his mentor lose power to factions of the party that had perfected pork-barrel politics. Koizumi today rants about the waste in government spending largely because he watched his enemies in the biggest L.D.P. faction shove fat contracts to construction bosses who delivered...
...Starts his theatrical career as a 21-year-old actor, touring Ireland under the stage name David Baron...
...pullout, eliminating 1,700 jobs, and Danone's shedding of 570 jobs - the AOM debacle casts an unflattering spotlight on Seillière at a critical moment. It cannot help weakening his sputtering efforts to reform the country's social schemes. And before the AOM saga is over, the baron may find that he has lost something far more valuable than a $40 million investment: his reputation as a phenomenally successful entrepreneur. Lady Luck can be a fickle partner indeed...