Word: lynching
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...debate increasing their involvement in the decision-making processes of this university in a reasonable manner, the Faculty shouldn’t limit itself to the extremes—resignation or revolution—it can’t reduce the esteemed University Hall attendees to an intellectual lynch mob, and it certainly shouldn’t seek out spectacle by advertising its intentions well in advance. Tuesday was not an emotional reaction; it was well-executed plan, and as such it is inexcusable...
...Simpsons to Sex and the City. And the TV industry is loving it. Historically beholden to fickle ratings and ad spending, studios are reveling in a new revenue stream for which costs are low (old show, new box) and profit margins high--as much as 50%, according to Merrill Lynch analyst Jessica Reif Cohen. By 2008, Cohen projects, the business will grow to $3.9 billion annually. The biggest beneficiaries: Time Warner, which owns HBO, Warner Bros. and New Line (and this magazine); Viacom, with its Paramount and MTV divisions; and 20th Century Fox, which is mostly owned by News Corp...
Others were suspicious too. In December 2002, a year before the company collapsed, Joanna Speed, Merrill Lynch's food-industry analyst in London, issued a "sell" recommendation on Parmalat stock. She found the accounts incomprehensible. Yet as late as 2003, Bank of America was still trying to woo Parmalat. In June, Kenneth Lewis, the bank's then chief executive, flew to Parma to see Tanzi. Ferraris recalls that the meeting with Lewis was cordial; he encouraged Parmalat to use the bank's services. "It was a marketing call," Ferraris recalls. "Lewis was saying, we'd love to do more business...
Shareholders might wonder if they are anything more than an afterthought. News' stock has been rising--but not fast enough for a company projected to grow earnings at twice the industry pace, says Merrill Lynch analyst Jessica Reif Cohen. She calls the stock grossly undervalued. News recently left Australia to incorporate in the U.S., where it will be added to the prestigious S&P 500 stock index next month. That's giving it a boost. But Murdoch's plan for his two thirtysomething sons to succeed him remains a drag on the stock. Adding weight to the anchor: since Malone...
...News from Paraguay is the story of Ella Lynch, a lovely, lusty young Irishwoman who in 1854 meets and arouses the ardor of Francisco Solano Lopez, the cruel and debauched son of the dictator of Paraguay. Francisco--"Franco" to his friends and numerous enemies--spirits Ella off to his homeland, a half-savage tropical Eden complete with snakes and crocodiles and cannibals, oh my, where they live in conspicuous luxury until Franco (who is, like Ella, an actual historical figure) leads the country into a disastrous war with Brazil...