Word: escapees
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CONVICTION OVERTURNED. FOR SHE XIANGLIN, 39, former security guard who spent the past 11 years in prison for the murder of his wife, Zhang Zaiyu; following the revelation that Zhang was still alive; in Jingmen, China. After his wife's disappearance in 1994 and the discovery of an unidentified woman...
We've grown accustomed to his faces: Hitler the buffoon, Hitler the madman, Hitler the monster. Memoirs of a Confidant introduces us to Hitler the misunderstood idealist whose vision of peace and prosperity was distorted by his gangster lieutenants. The author of this benign nonsense was Otto Wagener, a forgotten...
Only last June TWA's board tentatively accepted a $23-a-share takeover bid from Lorenzo to escape a previous $18-a-share offer by Icahn. In fact, TWA President Carl Meyer openly courted Lorenzo, fearing that Icahn might dismantle the company and sell its pieces for quick gain. After...
...week's end the guards were back at work and police had rounded up all the escapees. Some had returned voluntarily, a few of them on the first day in time for their evening meal. Also in custody, though elsewhere in the city, were the prison superintendent and the two senior officers, who were charged with allowing the great escape. FRANCE Bomb Blast and Bombast...
Some skittish firms turn to buyouts to escape unwelcome suitors. "Management has often used them as a weapon to defend against hostile takeovers," says Burton Malkiel, dean of the Yale School of Organization and Management. Directors of Storer Communications, a major cable-TV operator, voted last summer to take the...