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Most visible in the land of megagrants is Walt Disney chief Michael Eisner, who was just given options on an astounding 8 million shares, a value compensation experts fix at $196 million. Like most options packages, Eisner's cannot be cashed out all at once. They must be used over a period of years, and their true value will be determined by how well the stock does in that period. So, in a sense, it's misleading to put a value on them now. (Corporations are required to provide the value of the options either at the date they...
...their investment. Nolan Archibald, CEO of Black & Decker, received total compensation of $6.5 million even though shareholder returns were a pathetic negative 13%. To be fair, in the case of Amelio, $16 million of his package was in stock options. That will prove vastly overstated if he can't fix what ails Apple, and if he does fix it, he's probably worth every penny. Archibald is an unusual case in that his compensation is all salary, bonus, long-term incentive pay and a special dispensation of $2.8 million to help pay his taxes; no options grants. Maybe he knew...
...stiff military soldier (Greg David '99). David is now blind: this unexpected circumstance throws a damper on the joy of the family. Each character changes in some way: success-driven yet lonely Ozzie recalls his youth and maliciously derides his own children; Harriet can no longer fix each situation simply by offering snacks to everyone or calling her priest, Father Donald (Rich Amberg '00); and Ricky (Joshua Cohen '97) simply avoids unpleasant situations by leaving the once-happy home...
...idea that the new plot twist is organic rather than desperate: "It made sense the character was gay--not that I ever started with that intention." At ABC and Disney, the idea of Ellen Morgan's coming out had been discussed off and on as a possible fix for the show almost since its inception. So executives were receptive, if cautious, when DeGeneres and the show's producers first approached them last summer about the possibility. "It's not a no-brainer," understates Tarses, but tentative permission was granted for the show to go ahead, pending final approval...
...what a pleasant warmth runs through me," the English ran for one of Nemorino's declamations. "Perhaps she feels the same flame." Likewise, to translate two ultra-colorful words, "buffone" and "ragazzo," both as "fool," seemed unimaginative. It was more rewarding to listen to the mellifluous Italian than to fix one's eyes on the words above the stage...