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Plagued by a mess of injuries and sickness, the Crimson (4-14 overall, 1-6 Ivy) had lost 10 of its last eleven games this season. It had fallen to Ivy League opponents by an average of a little over 21 points in each of its games...
...might be forgiven for this oversight, especially in view of headlines like the one in the New York Daily News, which screamed, "ALIENS 2!" But let's not make the mistake of lumping together these two fallen attorney general candidates. They have little in common beyond their gender and their rather unusual names...
...those of commercial jetliners, unscrupulous dealers have somehow passed off parts from jets shot up in the Gulf War as acceptable commercial spares. Truckloads of such components have been seized, some with shrapnel and gaping bullet holes. Investigators found critical engine parts so badly damaged that they would have fallen apart within two hours if used...
Three days later, the board of Westinghouse Electric summoned embattled company chairman Paul Lego. Dogged by heavy losses and stockholders' criticism, Lego had fallen out of favor with the board. After a spirited argument, the CEO announced his immediate retirement...
Last week's three ousted chairmen thus joined a long line of executives who ) have fallen prey to the most significant new trend in American corporate governance since the takeover mania of the 1980s: boardrooms, as they discovered, are ceasing to be clubby havens for beleaguered executives. Puppets no more, directors are responding to financial and legal pressures from angry shareholders by rising up against management in open revolts that would have been unthinkable a decade ago. While such boardroom activism is nothing new at smaller companies, where directors tend to hold large ownership stakes, it is now spreading...