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...teams were selected by an ECAC panel chaired by Mary Anne Dowling, the women's athletic director at Villanova. Also on the panel were Kathy McNally of LaSalle, Sally Guerette of Vermont, and Brown coach Phil Pincince...
...Labor Department launched a major investigation into bribery at the MSHA's field office in Logan County. The probe has produced some shocking tales. Former coal-company employee Larry Vannatter says he provided an abundance of favors to inspectors when he worked for Logan County mine operator and consultant Phil Nelson. Vannatter says he was told to make sure that federal and state inspectors got whatever they desired: cash, groceries, rifles, tires, even a donation to a local church. The role was a curious one for Vannatter, whose father had been killed in a mining accident three months before Vannatter...
...February 1990, a 39-year-old miner named Millard David Frye was killed in a Logan County mine. Corruption did not cause his death, but just days earlier inspector Massey had been recorded telling the mine's consultant, Phil Nelson, that Massey might be able to influence the inspection of the mine. As for other mines, Massey suggested he "could cut down on where the inspectors...
Politicians rushed forward with nearly a dozen rival plans, including a move by Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York to revive his long- standing proposal to cut Social Security taxes. Not to be outdone by the Democrats, Senate Republican Phil Gramm of Texas and House minority whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia introduced wide-ranging legislation that repeated the Bush Administration's cherished call for reduced capital gains taxes. But a skeptical public remained unimpressed by all the ballyhoo and maneuvering. In a TIME/CNN poll by the firm Yankelovich Clancy Shulman last week, 77% of the 500 adults surveyed...
...firm Bahrain chose to find its bonanza has a freewheeling history, even by Texas standards. Harken director E. Stuart Watson, a former executive for oil giant Atlantic Richfield, calls the Dallas company's deals "convoluted" and difficult even for industry veterans to grasp. Says Harken founder Phil Kendrick, still a small shareholder: "Their annual reports and press releases get me totally befuddled. There's been so much promotion, manipulation and inside dealmaking. It's been a fast-numbers game." Some former executives charge the firm with routinely inflating its assets to make its balance sheets look better. Harken's longtime...