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...dramatic shoot-out at Black Rock brought an extraordinary denouement to one of the most convoluted, agonizing and, above all, public corporate power struggles in recent U.S. history. Wyman's departure was the climax of months of upheaval at CBS, caused in part by his efforts to elude a raft of corporate-takeover artists, ranging from North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms to Manhattan Arbitrager Ivan Boesky to Atlanta Broadcaster Ted Turner. The battle was also triggered by austerity and shrinking fortunes in the broadcast- television business, as No. 2 network CBS has struggled -- so far unsuccessfully -- to cope with losing...
Exactly what happened during the last terrible moments of the ordeal is not clear, but survivors agree that the climax came after the plane's internal generator, which powered the lights and air conditioning aboard the 747, failed, probably because the lubricating oil had run low. At that point, Pakistani authorities sent their trained commandos into action...
...night the fete will peak in a pyrotechnical dazzle put on by Tommy Walker, who helped stage the finale of the Statue of Liberty centenary. Skyrockets will spell out the name JOHN HANCOCK -- one of eight Harvard men, thank you, who signed the Declaration of Independence -- and at the climax a 700-sq.-ft. Harvard logo will be emblazoned on the night sky as the band plays Fair Harvard...
...record summer of domestic air traffic nears its Labor Day-weekend climax, millions of irate and weary passengers are echoing Charley's sentiments, recounting similar stories of sitting in stuffy airports or in cramped airliners stalled at terminal gates or queued on taxiways. The Federal Aviation Administration reports that delays in the first seven months of this year have climbed fully 30% over the same period last year...
...Danger with George Raft had made me very queasy--but I had not expected a screen Dimitrios to give me stomach cramps. They were quite severe." At the close, he imagines an ideal novelist-turned-screenwriter. After he completes his assignment, says Ambler, he has a sense "of anti- climax, a feeling of irritation because his work must now be handed over to others." For him "there is hope. It will not be long before he is back working in a medium in which he can be fully creative." Ambler's account effectively ends after World War II: the next...