Word: owner
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...occasion was a rare visit by Cuba's national baseball team, which--no surprise--whipped the O's with a score of 12-6, in a rematch of their game in Havana back in March. Even more impressive, the team and its wily and dictatorial owner, a fellow named Castro, managed to win a round of baseball diplomacy...
DIED. LEON HESS, 85, former oil tycoon and owner of the New York Jets; in New York City. Hess, whose net worth last year was estimated by Forbes to be $720 million, bought in to the team in 1963, later becoming sole owner...
...million stadium the Nutmeg State was building for him would not be completed before 2002. In building a new Foxboro Stadium, Kraft will have a much lesser deal, footing part of the bill himself. After all the hype of the planned move to Connecticut, in the final analysis, the owner simply couldn't take the chance that the new location would detract from the team's fan base. Bostonians would be hesitant to drive the couple of hours to see the team play, especially if they are not playoff-bound...
...will be nice to have the Patriots stay in Boston, but while Pats owner Robert K. Kraft may have made the right decision, the state made the wrong one. Kraft has agreed to pay for a part of his new stadium--heaven forbid--but the state is still footing too much of the bill...
McKean also cited a conflict of interest between PWC's clients and its position as an independent monitor to prevent sweatshop abuses. The company, for example, represents Sara Lee, owner of Champion Goods and one of the companies that produces Harvard apparel...