Word: partnerships
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...elected mayor, Triantafillou said she hopes "to build a partnership with the neighborhood and to address the concerns of the community around development, traffic and housing, and...mak[e] Cambridge more of an arts city...
Antidrug activists fear that pot clubs, if allowed to thrive, could open the way to further relaxation of drug policy. Steve Dnistrian of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America claims that heartrending medical stories are a being used as a smoke screen "by people whose agenda is to radically change drug policy in America." On that point, at least, Peron seems in agreement. "This is not about marijuana as medicine," he says. "This is a cultural...
Universal looked for some sort of sweetener--like the promise of a partnership on an upcoming Cameron project. None was offered. In August 1996, Paramount president John Goldwyn called Fox to inquire if Paramount might step in. Paramount had teamed with Fox on Braveheart, Mel Gibson's epic, with the happiest of results: good box office, Oscars. Paramount's tough but charming chairman, Sherry Lansing, had concerns. Could a young star like DiCaprio carry a film this big? And the $100 million budget seemed low. But that Sunday afternoon, Fox executive Tom Rothman eloquently persuaded Lansing that Titanic would...
...Line Pilots Association for Northwest, says the LBO was "disastrous" for the employees, who ended up bailing out the company in return for stock and three directors' seats. As for the state's involvement, critics like Minneapolis' Federal Reserve Bank researcher Art Rolnick say what Checchi touts as a "partnership" of government and business was really a government subsidy in return for promises to build new facilities and create jobs. "The notion that he was a white knight is questionable," says Rolnick...
Indeed, in a business brimming with bad management--for example, the handling of Jackson's popular yet troubled 1984 Victory Tour--Alwaleed's sharp-penciled philosophy may be just the ticket. And for Alwaleed, already a record producer in the Middle East, the partnership could be an inexpensive shortcut to big-time entertainment deals. "With Michael's negative image in America, people concluded 'He's through,'" says an Alwaleed adviser. "The prince likes an underdog. He moves in when it appears a business has no chance. It was easier to get involved with Michael Jackson because he was down...