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...Hilton's $70-a-share bid--it raised a few eyebrows. Not that anything illegal had been done. But just how cozy have the two become? Remember, Dunlap has no stake in ITT. Yet his involvement is a huge boost for Price's cause. Dunlap is a lightning rod for publicity, which is one way of pressuring a board to act. Yes, it may be that Dunlap and Price just think alike. If it is more than that, we'll find out soon enough. Chainsaw's work at Sunbeam, where the stock has quadrupled, could be over soon. Will Price...
...journal Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University of New Hampshire sociologist Murray Straus and his colleagues report that "when parents use corporal punishment to reduce [antisocial behavior], the long-term effect tends to be the opposite." Not only that--the authors suggest that if you spare the rod, you will help reduce the overall level of violence in American society...
...writer was the center of the universe," said Horton Foote, whose The Trip to Bountiful aired on Philco before Coe produced it on Broadway. "Writers like to hear that." He encouraged writers to speak in their own voice. Paddy Chayefsky took Coe's advice and gave him Marty, starring Rod Steiger and Nancy Marchand; the next day Chayefsky heard people mimicking the play's dialogue ("What do you feel like doin' tonight?" "I don't know. What do you feel like doin' tonight?"). The film version won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1955, and Hollywood was soon combing Philco...
...fact, Frist and the rest of the board had begun to fear for the survival of Columbia (1996 revenues: $19.9 billion), which has long been a lightning rod for critics of for-profit hospitals. Directors were worried that Scott's stonewalling of federal probes of Columbia's Medicare billings and home-health-care practices would only inflame the zeal of investigators and prosecutors and make a face-saving settlement impossible. And Columbia, which is based in Nashville, Tenn., was reportedly exploring a merger with Tenet Healthcare of Santa Barbara, Calif., the country's second largest hospital company. That deal would...
...already seen "Scream." So pull that red Pathfinder up to your local video store and check out Rod Steiger's star turn in the 1968 thriller "No Way to Treat a Lady," as a mother-fixated, master-of-disguise strangler on the loose on Manhattan's Upper East Side. He's tracked by a young George Segal as a hangdog cop with some mother problems of his own. For extra currency, try Steiger's third incarnation as Dorian Smith, the swisher with a heart of stone who's been a very bad boy. Look for "Jaws" mayor (and The Graduate...