Word: disney
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...politics, says most political money for Democrats comes from California and about two-thirds of that bankroll comes from Los Angeles. "Stars, though, don't want to slum with the locals," says Brownstein. "They are at the pinnacle of their profession and want to deal at the highest levels. ((Disney CEO)) Michael Eisner wants to raise money for Bill Bradley, not some city supervisor...
...thanks to cable television, which beams preseason games back home, and to attractions such as Disney World, which draws millions of affluent tourists to Florida, spring training is becoming big business. That approach could threaten the easy charm of the national pastime, but so far, the sport seems to be succeeding on both offense and defense...
...Royals, who spent 19 years at a smaller stadium in Fort Myers, teamed up in 1988 with an amusement park located just southwest of "Mouse Town," the locals' term for Disney World. Boardwalk and Baseball, which dominates the skyline over surrounding orange groves, features both the Lipizzaner stallions and first baseman George Brett. For a dear $21, a fan can spend a day riding the roller coaster and taking in a contest at the Royals' 8,000-seat stadium, where some 400 major- and minor-league games were played last year...
...Disney World...
...most hotly contested use of an ESOP is at Polaroid, which has put 14% of the company's stock into employees' hands as a maneuver in its bitter six- month battle against a takeover bid by Shamrock Holdings, owned by the Roy Disney family. Because Massachusetts-based Polaroid is incorporated in Delaware, where an anti-takeover law requires that bidders must get 85% ownership of a target company to gain control, the ESOP is leaving Shamrock with almost no room to maneuver. When a Delaware court rejected Shamrock's challenge of the ESOP, Polaroid's workers "jumped up and down...