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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Senior Vice Presidents: Richard W. Angle Jr., Michael J. Klingensmith...
Tears failed to save hotelier Leona Helmsley, 69, the "Queen of Mean," who once sneered that only "little people pay taxes." Imploring Federal Judge John M. Walker Jr. not to imprison her for tax evasion, Helmsley wept, "I am more humiliated and ashamed than anybody could ever imagine." The judge was unmoved. Her attempt to charge off as business expenses items ranging from a $12.99 girdle to a $1.2 million pool enclosure for her mansion was the "product of naked greed," he declared. Helmsley is appealing the verdict, but as she left the courtroom, one of the little people...
President: Reginald K. Brack Jr...
Executive Vice Presidents: Donald M. Elliman Jr., S. Christopher Meigher III, Robert L. Miller...
...Corazon Cojuangco's wedding to Benigno Aquino Jr. in 1954, his best friend Salvador Laurel was part of the groom's entourage. When the widow Corazon Aquino ran for President against Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, Laurel stood as her Vice President. But don't let those ties fool you. Doy, as he is known to Filipinos, has chafed at being second best all these years, first to the charismatic Benigno and now to his wife. Accusing Cory of reneging on a promise to let him run the government once the two were elected, he bitterly broke off their alliance...