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The price of corporate derring-do is often painful

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White Knights and Black Eyes | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

Now that the battle is over, there are growing worries within Allied as to just how it is going to digest Bendix-and doubts all around about the merits of white knighthood in general. The corporate Lancelots usually pay a great deal more for the companies that they rescue than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White Knights and Black Eyes | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

BLUE EYES set confidently on rugged face, this has always been the primary attraction of past Paul Newman movies. Acting seemed an alter thought in those largely action based derring do adventures But The Verdict. Newman's latest, is more than just an excuse for long-lingering closeups. A not...

Author: By Mary Humes, | Title: Newman's Case | 1/10/1983 | See Source »

In the gizmo-fancying world of local TV news, the helicopter rivals the minicam as the novelty of the moment. Choppers can cost $300,000 or more, but they give some 250 TV station news crews speed and mobility, and serve as remote transmitters for pictures ranging from traffic to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Pilot Error? | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

Marvin M. Mitchelson isn't your average lawyer. He's the fellow who coined the term "palimony" and then wrote it into the law books by winning big bucks for a woman claiming to be the ex-lover of wealthy actor Lee Marvin. Mitchelson's forte, in other words, is...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: No Return | 9/24/1982 | See Source »

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