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Catholics in the province had been bracing for attacks ever since the Dec. 27 murder of Billy Wright, leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (L.V.F.), a fringe paramilitary group that is staunchly opposed to the interparty peace talks under way in Belfast. Wright, a hotheaded, macho killer, was gunned down in a daring execution-style murder inside the Maze prison by members of the Irish National Liberation Army, a violent Catholic splinter organization that is also strongly opposed to the talks, and has never agreed to join the cease-fire agreed to by the I.R.A...
...eminent general in the cola wars, Coca-Cola CEO Roberto C. Goizueta was the ultimate brand loyalist. His devotion to Coke made him wealthy and enriched his shareholders, as well as the city of Atlanta. But his loyalty to a somewhat obscure brand, True cigarettes, made him more susceptible to the lung cancer that killed him last week at age 65, ending Goizueta's remarkable stewardship of the world's biggest brand. Goizueta's illness was diagnosed in September, and the company expressed optimism about his return as he continued to work from his hospital room. But following chemotherapy...
...over," then boards AF1 with his wife, 12-year-old daughter and some 50 staff members. Once airborne, just as Marshall is settling down to enjoy a recorded Notre Dame/Michigan football game, terrorists disguised as a Russian TV crew and led by Gary Oldman as Korshunov, a fanatical Radek loyalist, take over the plane and begin their own reign of terror...
...every Harvard Square loyalist carries a Defense Fund membership card...
This nine-term Republican loyalist has made a name for himself in the 104th Congress as the chairman of the Immigration and Claims Subcommittee, where he has spent a great deal of political capital pushing for reform of immigration procedures. At the end of September, a Smith-sponsored immigration bill that will curb aid to U.S. legal immigrants passed the House...