Word: griffins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seems a most unlikely tycoon. But Merv Griffin, the chunky, eternally cheerful and perfectly tanned TV personality who was host of 5,520 talk shows during a 23-year on-air career, is precisely that. In the past two weeks, in fact, Griffin, 62, has shown the mettle of a super-tycoon by taking on a formidable foe: Donald Trump, 41, the billionaire New York City developer...
...Griffin is trying to wrest Resorts International, the Atlantic City-based hotel and casino operator, from Trump. The developer, Resorts' chairman since last year, has been buying shares in the company and bidding for the rest. His aim is to merge it into his privately held Trump Organization. But on March 17, Griffin began his unexpected last-minute bid for the company, initially offering $35 a share for stock that Trump intended to buy for $22 a share. Last week, despite the sluggishness in Atlantic City's casino business, Griffin raised his offer by $70 million, for a total...
...Angeles: Kirk Gibson (.277, 24 HR, 79 RBI), Alfredo Griffin (.263, 60 RBI), Jesse Orosco (3-9), Mike Davis (22 HR) and Jay Howell (3-4) all decided that southern California is a nice place to play ball. But where will all these guys play? Fernando Valenzuela (14-14) leads the staff, but the boys in Blue can't field. Case in point: Steve ("Stone Hands") Sax, who leads a Dodger bumbling crew that led the majors in errors (155). Best player: Pedro Guerrero...
...David Bjerklie, Elizabeth L. Bland, Kathleen Brady, Robert I. Burger, Barbara Burke, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Nelida Gonzalez Cutler, Sally B. Donnelly, Andrea Dorfman, David Ellis, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Mary McC. Fernandez, Cassie T. Furgurson, John E. Gallagher, Lois Gilman, Edward M. Gomez, Christine Gorman, Tam Martinides Gray, Rodman Griffin, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Carol A. Johmann, Sinting Lai, Daniel S. Levy, JoAnn Lum, Katherine Mihok, Emily Mitchell, Lawrence Mondi, Christine Morgan, Adrianne Jucius Navon, Jeannie Park, Michael Quinn, Theodore P. Roth, Megan Rutherford, Andrea Sachs, David Seideman, David E. Thigpen, Sidney Urquhart, Jane Van Tassel, Leslie Whitaker, Linda...
...Editors for this Issue: Julie L. Belcove '89 Brooke A. Masters '89 Night Editors: David J. Barron '89 Noam S. Cohen David P. Greene '91 Benjamin R. Miller '89 Copy Editor: Jennifer Griffin '91 Editorial Editor: John C. Yoo '89 Photo Editor: Ahn T. Nyuyen-Huynh '90 Sports Editor: Mark T. Brazaitis...