Word: brooklyn
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Back in November, when no one was taking him very seriously, Forbes might wander off subject and discuss 19th century farming in Nigeria, the infield of the old Brooklyn Dodgers or how in 1820 Americans consumed four times more alcohol on average than they do today. Gone are the self-deprecating gibes about his family business. "I guess you can say I came to the attention of management at an early age," Forbes would say with a grin. His winning quirkiness these days is shielded by a layer of wounded suspicion. When a voter in Earlham, Iowa, asked him whether...
Redstone has been especially concerned with the performance of Paramount Pictures, the glamorous centerpiece of Viacom's $10 billion acquisition of Paramount Communications in 1994. The studio has had a string of box-office disappointments lately--including Sabrina, Jade and A Vampire in Brooklyn--and Redstone complained that too many films were put into production with subpar scripts. The Viacom boss has been spending a growing amount of time in Hollywood, attending marketing meetings and consulting on details as small as what promotional knickknacks to send to video stores overseas to help push Paramount product...
COLOR PHOTO: MARK PETERSON--SABA FOR TIME THE BEAT GOES ON: Despite Bratton's tough policies, some community patrol officers, like John Cayenne of Brooklyn's 77th Precinct, still have a soft touch [Police officer John Cayenne with children...
...passed. But according to Montessori teacher Barbara Simmons, she also began telling people that her mother had locked her in a closet. On one occasion she volunteered, "Awilda hits me. I don't want to go to Awilda." Montessori principal Bryce says she reported suspected abuse to both the Brooklyn Bureau of Community Services and a child-abuse hot line--the CWA's second warning about Elisa. In response, Bryce has said, child-welfare workers made several visits to the Lopez home, "and then stopped, as they usually...
...Connor sits in his Brooklyn office and fields calls from the media. "We made a mistake," he says grimly. "We will try to make sure this never happens again." Looking back, he says, "I should have thrown bombs in the CWA's doorway." The initials themselves infuriate him. At least, he says, "we will say our mea culpa. We're not going to run behind confidentiality laws and not admit we've made a mistake...