Word: levitts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...them put it, a "Diller-killer." The notion of tossing in more cash or stock was quickly nixed as too costly. So were bigger warrants and increased dividends. After several such options were rejected, Greenhill turned to one of his whiz-kid investment-banking strategists, Michael Levitt, 35, who described a scheme he said would blow away Diller. The novel plan called for issuing a type of security, called a contingent value right, CVR, or "collar," that would guarantee the value of Viacom's bid if Viacom stock failed to reach a certain price level within three years...
...interest on the debt after the Paramount merger. So Greenhill, whose firm earned $12.5 million for advising Viacom, resorted to a game of high-stakes financial chicken. He allowed the Blockbuster talks to break off rather than accede to Berrard's demands. At the same time, Greenhill instructed Levitt to maintain contact with his pal Berrard. The strategy paid off on Christmas Day, when Levitt, calling from New Jersey on his Jeep Cherokee car phone, got Berrard on the line at a golf resort in Arizona. Also hooked up at various times were Biondi, who was in Scottsdale, Arizona...
directed by Justin Levitt...
Director Justin Levitt seems to have just let the other characters fend for themselves. Whereas some do flesh out their roles (most notably Jessica Yager's wonderfully coy Doctor and Richard Gardner's hilarious bumbling Justice), others simply read their lines and exit. The set, also by Levitt, never quite takes on the majesty of the British courts but rather looks like a small claims court. Costumes are period enough, though the attorney's wigs sometimes make them look like Marilyn Monroe impersonators. These factors detract from the play's tenuous attempts to be intense and powerful drama...
...Chad Levitt, Cornell TB (Fr., 6-0 207) Melrose Park, Pa.--Did not start and still rushed for 106 yards (12 carries) and three...