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...protection became a recommended piece of executive equipment. The intensity of Snyder's verbal assaults would surprise even him--but surprise did not stop him. Snyder met his match in the equally fearsome Martin Davis, who became CEO of Simon & Schuster's parent company, Gulf + Western. Meanwhile in the Bronx, Yankee owner George Steinbrenner was taking delight in firing people. He is so paradigmatic of impetuous power (throwing tantrums, bad-mouthing employees in the press, hiring a spy to dig up dirt on Dave Winfield) that he's simply called the Boss--and not in a hip, Bruce Springsteen...
...BRONX, N.Y.--As the Harvard Investment Association wrapped up its annual field trip to Wall Street Wednesday evening they learned that blue chips weren't the only ones crashing...
...hour into the return trip home, a Frito Lay truck smashed into the right side of the association's Century charter bus in Bronx...
...certainly has worked out for the team from the Bronx this year, a scrappy squad that won early, won often and puzzled teams so much that frustrated players could only spit tobacco juice and mutter appreciatively "Damn, Yankees" (1958). The musical, starring Tab Hunter, is notable both for its solid choreography (from a young Bob Fosse, who also gets a cameo) as well as a plot that Padres fans just might want to consider: Small-team fan sells his soul to help his guys beat the mighty Yanks. Great fun, especially since (the Yankees losing? Preposterous!) it's so obviously...
...Kevin Brown and catcher Jim Leyritz were Series heroes in the past two seasons. Still another is character: Like the Yankees, the Pods' people are hard to hate, with nice-guy Gwynn leading a whitebread team low on ego and high on winning. When the series opens in the Bronx on Saturday night, David Justice will be playing golf. Who are the Yankee fans supposed to scream profanities at? Gwynn? Hitchcock or Leyritz, both ex-Yankees? Not to worry -- the Bleacher Bums will think of something...