Word: chairman
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...Time Chairman Richard Munro and Warner Chairman Steven Ross, who agreed to share power as co-chief executives of the new company, were confident that their deal would withstand any challenges. Said Munro: "We are not for sale." Time President N.J. Nicholas will take Munro's slot as co-chief executive of Time Warner if Munro retires in 18 months as planned. To strengthen their position, the two companies have also agreed to exchange some 10% of each other's stock in advance of the merger...
...nothing else, Atwater's efforts to show that he can sympathize with Black concerns and lifestyles have created a stir in the national media. Pictures of the chairman strumming away have occasionally shown up on front pages ever since the November election...
...Vice Chairman: Gerald M. Levin...
...procedure remains an expensive long shot, which fails perhaps 85% of the time. This week the House Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities and Energy will hold hearings to investigate growing complaints that many heavily promoted IVF clinics misrepresent their success rates. The panel's chairman, Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden, intends to reveal an industry survey showing that the performance of IVF practitioners varies enormously. According to Wyden, half the IVF clinics have yet to achieve a birth, though they may charge up to $7,000 for each fertilization attempt. Says the Congressman: "With millions of couples, many of them desperate...
...never had a single baby born, and they are still quoting statistics." Doctors can start up clinics even if they have little experience or specialized training. "It's very easy for the medical profession to take advantage of infertile couples because they so desperately want children," observes Carol Peters, chairman of the Texas-based Advocates for Parenthood, a political-action group...