Word: morgans
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...talking about opportunity. In 1966, determined to break up the black alliance of Frank Robinson and Vada Pinson, the Cincinnati Reds traded Robinson to Baltimore. (It is axiomatic in this situation that teams always move the wrong man; in the next era, Houston would separate Joe Morgan and Jimmy Wynn by sending Morgan to Cincinnati.) Baltimore's General Manager Harry Dalton had an idea that, since the city was predominantly black, perhaps a black superstar would stimulate black attendance. Robinson had a perfect year in 1966, winning the American League Triple Crown and prodding the Orioles to a World Series...
...decades later, his time as an attraction expended, Frank Robinson has finished leading three black managers into futile circumstances and has taken his place of oblivion as an Oriole coach. Joe Morgan has declined a managing job in -- of all cities -- Houston. Looking at every major-league front office and seeing only Atlanta's Henry Aaron, Morgan figured out the chances of advancement and took his talents and flair to another industry...
Beginning on Friday June 5, the Allegis board conducted several emergency meetings through telephone conference calls. Then Ferris convened a 3 p.m. session last Tuesday at the Manhattan offices of Morgan Stanley, one of the airline's investment bankers. Among the 17 directors present were Ferris, Olson, former Secretary of Commerce Juanita Kreps, Chairman Richard Cooley of Seattle's Seafirst banking company, and Charles Luce, former chairman of New York City's Consolidated Edison power company. The directors were ready for decisive action, and before the meeting had even started, Luce told Chairman Ferris that...
Frederick H.S. Allen '62, vice president forpublic relations for Morgan Guaranty Trust, saidas it is difficult to remain optimistic about theU.S. economy, Americans need to change theirexpectations...
...became Treasury Secretary in 1985. Baker, 57, is seeing many of his initiatives -- on worldwide economic growth, Third World debt and the alignment of currencies -- stymied. As a result, his aura of achievement has lost some of its luster. Says Byron Wien, chief domestic- portfolio strategist at the Morgan Stanley investment firm: "The initial enthusiasm for Baker and his initiatives has dissipated. We all hope he'll get his second wind...