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...departure may have been the result of a coup staged by his handpicked No. 2 man, Tommy Mottola, according to industry speculation, though no successor has been named. Another possible catalyst for Yetnikoff's resignation is his depiction in Fredric Dannen's new best seller, Hit Men, a graphic portrayal of the music industry's seamy underside. In the book, Yetnikoff comes off as a crude, tantrum-throwing and philandering egomaniac. "He's a brilliant man with a strong self-destructive streak," contends Dannen. Says David Braun, a top music lawyer in Los Angeles: "Walter got lost in the fantasy...
...moment, countries are poised to go to war over oil, but in the near future, water could be the catalyst for armed conflict. Israel and Jordan, Egypt and Ethiopia, and India and Bangladesh are but a few of the neighboring nations at odds over rivers and lakes. Warns Arnon Sofer, professor of geography at Israel's Haifa University: "Wars over water might erupt in the Middle East in the '90s when states try to control each other's supplies...
...yourself were a catalyst for the 1986 demonstrations. Why did you stay away from them...
...catalyst for all this action is Nelson Wright (Kiefer Sutherland); it is Nelson's idea to experiment with death. His friends allege he is motivated by his craving for medical celebrity, not "truth and wisdom," as he claims. But his true motivation--nihilism--seems painfully obvious. "Philosophy has failed, religion has failed," Nelson tells them. "Now it's up to the physical scientists." Because he values nothing, least of all himself, Nelson goes to ridiculous lengths to satisfy his unsatiable curiosity. He is the first to medically die, the first "flatliner...
...story on the federal budget deficit by illustrating it with photos of naked men and women. Weingarten's hiring, says Downie, is an example of his goal of surrounding himself with visionary editors: "I hire lots of people who are smarter than I am, and I act as a catalyst." Still, the final question that will have to be answered by the Downie regime is whether the Post can flourish without a single controlling vision at the top. Says Robert Kaiser, 47, who came in second to Downie in the race for Bradlee's spot and will become deputy managing...