Word: ivans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whose unforced vocal range and sweet tones are the envy of her peers, has interpreted works ranging from bossa nova to tropicalismo to mainstream pop. Multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal, 50, coaxes music out of everything, it seems, from teapots to hubcaps to sewing machines. Singer- songwriters Djavan, 40, and Ivan Lins, 42, are purveyors of easygoing, soulful music in a sophisticated urban style. Djavan, who hails from the northeastern state of Alagoas, began making records in the mid-1970s; his most recent albums have included songs in English. Lins' songwriting is freighted with rich chord changes; like Djavan, Lins...
...find out that Harvard is maybe possibly (I know! Nothing's been proved yet! Please don't sue me!) no better than Ivan Boesky, except that President Bok has a nice, all-American name like "Derek...
...habit. He used his oil profits in 1981 to buy 20th Century Fox, then sold it to Rupert Murdoch four years later for an estimated profit of $325 million. Davis picked up another $50 million by buying the Beverly Hills Hotel from the family of insider trader Ivan Boesky in 1986, then turning around and selling it to the Sultan of Brunei. Even Davis' "dry hole" takeover attempts often pay off. While Los Angeles investor Alfred Checchi won Northwest with a $4 billion bid, for example, Davis pocketed an estimated $30 million by selling his shares after the price...
...sociologist Amitai Etzioni, a visiting professor at the Harvard Business School, two-thirds of FORTUNE 500 companies were convicted between 1975 and 1985 of serious crimes, from price fixing to illegal dumping of hazardous wastes. Executives at Beech-Nut tried to pass off flavored water as apple juice. Ivan Boesky and a ring of Wall Streeters traded on insider information. Even such an upstanding company as Eastman Kodak, which has won awards for its minority-hiring and other social programs, has felt the heat. Residents of Rochester, where Kodak is based, have accused the company of covering up its chemical...
...French Open was a triumph. To do it at 17 was a wonder. But Michael Chang seemed to grasp more than just the moment when he beat Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg in Paris to join the company of world-champion tennis players. Chang was wise enough to understand, "These two weeks are going to stay with me the rest of my life," but excited enough to imagine, "Maybe someday I'll be able to achieve something greater." More than a few days later, the sport is still tingling with his possibilities...