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Along the way, the company was acquired by Disney for $60 million, which gave the Weinsteins the clout (and the wallet) to hustle, bully and outspend the competition. Hit Man Harvey and Backroom Bob became as notorious as any WWF tag-team champions. For Harvey, a fearsome tank of a man with the temper and competitive streak of Bobby Knight, screams, threats and smears were simply standard operating procedure. Miramax executives, says a producer, "are like victims of abuse." Harvey became famous for his office tantrums, along with his combative intrusiveness during contract negotiations and his micromanaging of production...
...century has slowed. Unemployment is rising. So is fear of crime. In Europe, the French no longer carry their old weight. The relationship with Germany is not what it was, with a growing understanding between London and Berlin. The enlargement of the E.U. threatens to reduce France's political clout and cut its big farm subsidies. Further afield, the Foreign Minister gets upset about the "hyper power" of the United States but has little to offer as a realistic alternative. Attempts at Middle East mediation have come to nothing. West Africa, where Paris continued to play a neo-colonialist role...
...Security to deal exclusively with the job of preparing the country for future terrorist threats. Since he took the job of Homeland Security czar, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge has had some rough sledding; Bush gave him no authority over Cabinet members or agencies, which means he lacks the clout to win crucial bureaucratic fights. But Ridge has shown his skill in the Washington art of writing checks. The Administration's $38 billion homeland-security budget proposes a $380 million system to track the entry and exit of noncitizens and gives $282 million to the Coast Guard for protecting ports...
...economic slump is not the only reason people are finding it tougher to afford health care. While managed-care companies used to have the economic clout to force doctors and hospitals to take the rates they offered, a round of hospital closings and mergers has given the providers more bargaining power. And consumer anger--fueled by horror stories of insurance-company bureaucrats denying lifesaving drugs and medical procedures--has forced HMOs to ease restrictions that helped hold insurance prices down. What's more, growing numbers of businesses and consumers are abandoning HMOs. In California, the state that pioneered managed care...
...economic slump is not the only reason people are finding it tougher to afford health care. While managed-care companies used to have the economic clout to force doctors and hospitals to take the rates they offered, a round of hospital closings and mergers has given the providers more bargaining power. And consumer anger--fueled by horror stories of insurance-company bureaucrats denying lifesaving drugs and medical procedures--has forced HMOs to ease restrictions that helped hold insurance prices down. What's more, growing numbers of businesses and consumers are abandoning HMOs. In California, the state that pioneered managed care...