Word: mickey
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...time went on, however, it became harder and harder to root for the home team. With baseball turnover the way it has been, by the beginning of the 1995 season, familiar names such as Mickey Tettleton and Tony Phillips were gone by the wayside; in came such stars as John Flaherty and Bobby Higginson...
LAST FRIDAY, A FEW DAYS BEFORE HE LEFT FOR A STATE visit to Tokyo, President Clinton walked outside the White House for a photo op he was clearly looking forward to. Accompanied by Mickey Kantor, the tough-talking Trade Representative who later that day would be nominated to succeed Ron Brown as Secretary of Commerce, Clinton viewed a new Chrysler Neon, Ford Taurus and GM Cavalier--all equipped with right-hand steering wheels for sale in Japan. "Just four years ago," said Clinton, "if you had told me that I would see it, I'm not sure I would have...
...Former Mickey Mouse maven Jeffrey Katzenberg knows a sweet deal when he doesn't get one. As head of filmmaking for the Walt Disney Co., Katzenberg was entitled to 2% of the profits from films and TV shows produced under his watch, says a suit he filed last week against his old employer. That could amount to a Lion King's ransom, because Katzenberg's definition of profits includes much more than income from movie tickets. "By way of example," says the suit, "in 1994 Disney's video re-release of Snow White, an animated feature first released over...
...NAMED. MICKEY KANTOR, 56, U.S. Trade Representative; as Commerce Secretary; Charlene Barshefsky, 45, Kantor's deputy, was named acting Trade Representative. ALICE RIVLIN, 65, director of the Office of Management and Budget; to the Federal Reserve Board; her replacement is Franklin Raines, 47, vice chairman of the Federal National Mortgage Association; in Washington...
...many New Republic veterans were put off by what they described as Sullivan's disingenuous manner, penchant for sizzle over substance, and lack of close involvement in the editorial process. A number of longtime editors, including Jacob Weisberg, Morton Kondracke, Mickey Kaus and Michael Kinsley, left during Sullivan's tenure. And one of his new hires, Ruth Shalit--whose stories included a much discussed piece suggesting favoritism to blacks in the Washington Post newsroom--got in hot water for alleged plagiarism and inaccurate reporting. After initially defending her, Sullivan placed Shalit on a leave of absence...