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Hardly a week goes by without some new example of attempts to enforce conformity on campus. At the California State University at Northridge, an offer by the Carl's Jr fast-food chain to install a branch in the newly expanded bookstore was rejected last May. The reason was not the quality or price of the chow but student and faculty objections to the conservative views of the chain's owner, Carl Karcher, who financially supports antiabortion groups such as the National Right to Life Action League. To Stephen Balch, Northridge's decision was outrageously intolerant. "You're not talking...
...owner Carl Icahn may not know much about running an airline, but then, many of those who did have gone out of business during the past few tumultuous years. Unlike most of them, Icahn is a crafty dealmaker. Last week, cornered by bondholders who threatened to push his troubled airline into involuntary bankruptcy, he struck an agreement that may save it. Before the deal can fly, though, it must pass inspection by both the Securities and Exchange Commission and a bankruptcy court. Even then, TWA will face a steep climb against extremely powerful competition. Admits the blunt-spoken financier: "This...
...advised Amjad Awan, a B.C.C.I. official who had run the bank's Panama office, to flee the U.S. for Paris in 1988 to avoid a congressional subpoena. Altman, a fast-rising star in Washington legal and social circles, then reportedly arranged for B.C.C.I. to transfer Awan to Paris. But Carl Rauh, an attorney for Clifford and Altman, denied the account as "completely false." Pronounced Rauh: "It never happened...
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