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...hearing on television from QVC's West Chester, Pennsylvania, offices, said he was "delighted" with the ruling. "Obviously he's very happy," said designer Diane von Furstenberg, a confidant. Yet neither she nor Diller was ready to declare final victory in the Paramount struggle. "Nothing is ever a fait accompli in life," Von Furstenberg said. "Only the future will tell. But so far, so good...
Among those whom Ovitz's arrangement with Credit Lyonnais took by surprise was Alan Ladd Jr., the chairman of the bank's MGM studio. "By the time the bank told me about the deal," Ladd says, "it was a fait accompli." He seems tentative about the whole thing. "I don't think MGM is for sale at this time." However, CAA sources confirm that Ovitz is indeed out to find a buyer...
...Harvard squash team's season is a fait accompli--and a pretty good one, at that: Another double national championship, even if the men's title was a bit tainted...
Last month Healy decided to pay the Unicorp real estate company the $3 million they said the city owned them from an eminent domain seizure in 1984. Not only did Healy wait until two days before payment to tell the council about this fait accompli, but he had never even told them about the lawsuit...
Despite being presented with what he termed avirtual "fait accompli," Gregoire says hiscommittee will try to stop the move...