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...idea of a massively expensive media buy that kept Democrats scrambling to pay the bills (see above: Al Gore, problems of). But just as Morris emerged on the cover of TIME and the President headed for his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention, the supermarket tabloid Star pushed the plunger on the dynamite Morris rested upon. A paid companion told just how she had companioned Morris in his Washington hotel suite and played footsie with his face. Later it came to light that he had fathered a daughter by a woman in Texas, news that did nothing to smooth relations...
...family's solution to the low tide in toilet bowls is the plunger: don't go home without it. HOWARD F. STEIN Bethany, Oklahoma...
...Nicholas told friends that Ross didn't like his independence of mind. Others say the troubles stemmed largely from personality clashes between the ostensibly equal chieftains. "There are not two people more mismatched," says a top executive. In Ross, he maintains, "you have a dreamer and a visionary, a plunger and schemer"; in Nicholas "a guy who's small and risk averse. You could hardly get a yes out of him. He loved the status quo." While Ross is generally described as a charmer, Nicholas "is not a likable guy," says a director. Some executives and directors had the impression...
Borrowing the concept from automobiles, the Mathauser Hydraulic Bellowphragm replaces regular brake cables with sealed, flexible tubes that contain hydraulic fluid. When the rider lightly squeezes the handles, a plunger pushes a silicone fluid through the tubes, causing the traditional caliper arms to close. "I designed these mostly for women and children," says Mathauser, 68. "Girls don't have the grip these macho guys have...
...major conflict was over financing. The father was cautious, the son a plunger. Says Ingersoll: "He was still thinking in hundreds of thousands when I was thinking in millions. He never really understood the fungibility of debt and equity." Later, capital for some deals was assembled by indicted Drexel junk-bond financier Michael Milken, whom Ingersoll regards as a close friend. Says media analyst John Morton of Lynch Jones & Ryan in Washington: "From all we can learn, the company is healthy, although heavily leveraged. The small papers are cash cows. I admire him for taking this risky venture...