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...Christopher Whittle, 36, the Tennesseans who bought out investors including then Editor Clay Felker for a reported $3.5 million in 1979, when Esquire was losing $25,000 a day. Chairman Whittle's gala announcement: "After 13 years, we have come back into the black." Established magazines, once they falter, are rarely able to turn around, and Esquire falls between two categories of periodicals, general interest and men's, that have been hit especially hard by reader defections. Playboy (circ. 4,250,000) and Penthouse (circ. 3,454,000) have each lost more than 12% in circulation; Esquire...
...school's commitment to increasing minorities in the student body, faculty and administration will not falter because of this," said David Irons, director of external affairs...
Both men also concur that these qualities have a lot to do with Martin's position on the floor. As a setter he can't afford to falter since he is the focal point of the team's attack. Martin's reliability and equanimity result in pinpoint setting for his teammates salvos...
...advantage in tough economic times. But this transmogrification is not without huge risks. The company can no longer compete across the board with GM and Ford by building car models in every size and price category. It remains burdened by $2 billion in long-term debt. If it should falter ever so slightly, it could again be plunged into a financial abyss. Says GM Chairman Roger Smith: "The jury is still out on Chrysler. It all depends on the product they introduce and whether they can sell...
While the Crimson seldom challenged the Tigers on Friday, Harvard kept to within a six-point range of the Quakers, only to falter in the second half. "We didn't box out well on the boards," Co-Captain Frenesa Hall said. "We also missed a lot of foul shots in the last quarter that could have clinched the game...