Word: ousters
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...seasons as the Dolphins head man, Shula won two Super Bowls, and lead his 17-0 1972 team to the only undefeated NFL season ever completed. But with no league championships in the last 22 years, Dolphin fans had grown increasingly impatient and called for Shula's ouster. "Everyone in South Florida, the media and the fans, say that it's been a long time between Super Bowls and that the game has passed him by," says Sports writer Steve Wulf. "There's very little compassion for him. But Shula deserves to be cut a little slack. He hasn...
...ouster is the most dramatic move so far by Idei, a former marketing executive who was Ohga's surprise pick in April as president and heir apparent. In the past few months on the board, Idei persuaded Ohga, who has always been partial to Schulhof, that it was time for his protege to go. Like Morita and Ohga, Idei is a cosmopolitan blend of East and West. He speaks fluent English and French, loves gadgets and rock 'n' roll, and favors stylish Italian attire. A high-energy executive who has trouble sitting still, Idei navigates Tokyo streets in a Jaguar...
...porcine image. "There may have been some overspending," he concedes, "but it was not excessive. In the last two years, we made a very, very concerted effort at cost control. We've had three consecutive quarters with great results, and we should have a fourth." He insists that his ouster "was not about performance." His biggest failure, Schulhof says, was "not being able to work with Mr. Idei...
...shake-up inspired talk that Sony (1994-95 sales: $44.8 billion) might now follow the lead of fellow Japanese giant Matsushita, which sold control of MCA and its Universal Studios to Seagram last April for $5.7 billion. "The real significance of Schulhof's ouster is that it is the last nail in the coffin of synergy between hardware and software," says analyst Porter Bibb, who follows the entertainment industry for the firm Ladenburg, Thalmann. "You can count the days until the movie business is sold...
...action. On his urging, Nigeria was suspended from a New Zealand Commonwealth meeting where the South African leader made the statement. Tuesday, South Africa's soccer federation barred Nigeria's team from playing in South Africa, and calls are mounting for the African National Congress to seek Nigeria's ouster from the Olympic Games as well as a boycott of Nigeria's crucial oil industry. But Purvis reports that South African officials may not want to take it that far. "Indeed, it is not clear how much of an effect censure from South Africa and a few other countries...