Word: lunged
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DIED. J. PETER GRACE, 81, longest-reigning (a half-century) head of a major U.S. company; of lung cancer; in New York City. Grace's death came within weeks of the corporate coup that replaced him as chairman of the giant chemicals company W.R. Grace & Co. As head of a federal economics commission during the Reagan presidency, Grace was a highly visible cheerleader for government efficiency and deficit reduction. But it was his predilection for spending millions of his company's dollars on personal perks that led to his ouster...
Smoking in dormitories is bothersome and injurious for nearby non-smokers. Second-hand smoke has been proven to be just as dangerous as first-hand smoke in many aspects, including the incidence of lung cancer. The College currently mandates that non-smokers prevail in cases of conflict, and that hallways stay free of second-hand smoke...
...most important lesson Tom taught was the one that began last November, when he announced online that he had been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. In a typically understated message, Tom bravely declared that he would enjoy what remained of his life while doing all he could "to marshal the army of good cells to enter into battle with the army of bad cells...
...Grace's core businesses and selling off subsidiaries, he was credited with bringing the company back to profitability. But colleagues say that over the past year or so Bolduc had begun to seem impatient about his long wait to inherit the top job from Grace, who is suffering from lung cancer. Where previously Bolduc had treated his boss with deference, he was now apt to roll his eyes whenever the elderly Grace rambled on at board meetings. As a sign of his power, he began cutting off the older man's privileges. For one, he reduced Grace's personal corporate...
...timing of Bolduc's ouster raised questions in some quarters about whether the board might have used the harassment charges as the ultimate weapon in a long-standing corporate power struggle. Before his departure, Bolduc had repeatedly clashed with then chairman J. Peter Grace, 81, who suffers from lung cancer. Among other things, Bolduc wanted the company to disclose to its shareholders that it was spending, among other things, $165,000 on Grace's annual nursing care and $200,000 a year for his security guards...