Word: perots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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University officials said they are hoping to strike a deal with Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot that would allow him to rent tens of thousands of artifacts from the Peabody's enormous and underexposed collection. The plan would most likely call for the construction of an extension to the Peabody--bearing the computer magnate's name--in Texas which would receive artifacts on a rotating basis. Plans, however, are far from finalized, officials said...
...Perot didn't bother with Carter. He sent a squadron of company employees led by a former colonel over to Iran. One of the men, an Iranian employee, incited a mob to storm the prison. They successfully freed all 13,000 prisoners, making it the largest jailbreak in history...
...General Motors bought EDS for $2.5 billion, much of which went to Perot himself...
...Perot is watching and waiting. Meanwhile, he dropped $10 million to improve the Dallas public school system...
...Harvard has entered the fray. Perot has said he would love to display some of the Peabody's collection in his city. The University may now work out a deal to make the man one of the greatest. Harvard benefactors in recent decades