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...remorse many in her party felt: "The rest of the world will think we are mad, as indeed we are," to have forced Thatcher out of office. Jack Straw, a Labour M.P., found it "wonderful to be rid of that awful woman." Liberal M.P. Menzies Campbell called her decision "brave but inevitable." Even Kinnock offered a grudging bit of praise, saying her departure showed "she amounts to more than those who have turned upon her in recent days...
...relieved laughter and sustained applause that greeted Philip Casnoff as he spoke that line were partly to honor the melodramatic stage effects. But much of the response was to salute the actor for his brave return to the stage on what was to have been opening night of the year's biggest Broadway musical, Shogun, the Musical -- an $8 million extravaganza of sword fights and fireflies, earthquakes and snowstorms, based on James Clavell's best-selling novel and TV mini-series. In a preview two days before the scheduled opening, as he readied himself to sing the second-act number...
Even supporters got nervous as Murdoch exploited permissive Australian accounting rules to run up $8 billion in corporate debt (vs. assets worth perhaps $20 billion), much of it short-term and in need of frequent refinancing. But Murdoch continued to insist to stockholders that "fortune does favor the brave." Says Steve Rattner, head of the media department at the investment bankers Lazard Freres: "Of all media moguls, Rupert has been the boldest. If Fox or Sky had crashed and burned, he would have burned too. He has an enormously strong constitution...
...fortune favors the brave, it can also favor the cunning and prudent. Faced with losses from Sky of nearly $4 million a week and beset by British Satellite Broadcasting, a well-financed but smaller competitor losing four times as much, Murdoch this month negotiated a merger ofthe rival TV ventures on highly favorable terms. The result: a virtually certain monopoly for the service, projected profit as early as 1992 and -- most important to fretful financial analysts -- an immediate $300 million improvement in the cash flow of News Corp., which has suffered an advertising slump in all its markets. Says media...
Students will be students. Passionate and idealistic, we will brave rain and snow to protest the latest administrative injustice. We will stamp our feet for a women's center and raise our fists for South African divestment. And so we should. Harvard just wouldn't be Harvard without...