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Acker still hopes to pull Pan Am out of its tailspin. The airline may begin subleasing its office space in the Pan Am Building and is considering moving its headquarters to Miami or some other city, where costs are lower. It may also chop more employees from its payroll; it has already let go 4,000, leaving 30,000, and cut salaries 10% across the board. Finally, Pan Am is trying to sell two of its Boeing 747 jumbo jets, although finding buyers is tough. Insists Acker: "We have over $200 million in cash. We are a long, long...
...colleagues burst inside. In the hallway they encountered Giovanni Ciucci, 32, a Red Brigades member, who had heard the key turn in the lock and was rushing, pistol in hand, to investigate. Before he had a chance to fire, one of the leatherheads knocked him flat with a karate chop, and the others scrambled down the hallway...
Although the Suzuki government has pledged to chop away at some of the more egregious nontariff barriers, there are thousands of import restrictions that permeate life and society in Japan. Says one Japanese businessman candidly: "Consider the inspector who has been sitting at the dock in Yokohama saying no for 40 years. He is going to find it very hard suddenly to start saying yes just because some politician in Tokyo says it is the new policy...
...cashiers described one gunman as being in his mid-30s with a beard and glasses, and the other as tall with broken teeth and a "lamb-chop beard...
...that, the door of the interrogation room burst open and a group of men circled me, then charged. Each man in turn would direct a karate kick or chop at me, sending me staggering to another of the torturers. My lips cracked, my nose bled and my cheeks were so swollen I could not see. When I could not stand on my feet any more, one guard would pick me up and another would kick or punch me. They laughed each time I hit the floor. I passed out a few times. They would bring me back to consciousness...