Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...president, some company directors objected. According to Journalist John Taylor in his 1987 book, Storming the Magic Kingdom, they saw Eisner as an idea man who would be too inexperienced as an administrator and financier to handle a large corporation. The directors came close to rejecting Eisner in favor of an older, more buttoned-down candidate. But then Roy Disney's attorney, Stanley Gold, made an impassioned speech to the directors: "You see guys like Eisner as a little crazy . . . but every great studio in this business has been run by crazies. What do you think Walt Disney...
...weekly Le Point, the President could capture as much as 37.5% of the vote in the first round. Chirac and Barre, who had split a 40% share almost evenly in earlier surveys, collected about the same total in this one, but it was weighted in Chirac's favor, 24.5% to 16%. Moreover, while the survey results indicated that Chirac would lose to Mitterrand 48% to 52% in a two-way race, they also showed that Barre would fare worse, losing 46% to 54%. The Le Point findings represented a sharp setback for Barre, 64, who had based his candidacy...
...LIPS) on sale in the parks' stores. And in creating roller-coaster rides with a story line, Disney helped shape the course of movie narratives. George Lucas designed the Star Tours ride for Disneyland, and is planning an Indiana Jones attraction, but he is only returning a big favor. Lucas' movies are essentially Disney theme-park rides transferred to film. They fit perfectly into the Disney world -- a world of high-tech thrills and genteel Americana. A monarchy of make-believe. A Neverland for the whole family...
Catholic women are generally in favor of the bishops' efforts. "The process they've gone through is especially significant," remarks Theologian Lisa Sowle Cahill of Boston College. Sister Margaret Nulty of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious says, "More needs to be done, but this is a step in the right direction." But the liberal Women's Ordination Conference expressed frustration. "There was an attempt, but there's no movement," complains Spokeswoman Ruth Fitzpatrick. The Vatican offered no reaction. Oddly enough, few officials there even knew the paper was forthcoming, and none got an advance look at it. The American...
Aiming for a much larger U.S. position, Lagardere last November offered CBS $600 million for the 19 publications that constituted the company's magazine group. CBS spurned the offer in favor of a rival $680 million leveraged buyout led by the magazine division's head, Peter Diamandis. Since then, Diamandis has unloaded seven magazines for $243 million, but the sales in no way diminished Hachette's ardor for the remaining package. The company paid more than $700 million for the dozen magazines that had sold only a few months earlier for around $400 million...