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...hadn't informed his directors. "He was treating his own board as an afterthought," says one source close to the outside board members. "It was very much the China of 20 years ago in the way the directors were treated initially?where the boss decides and the board just rubber-stamps everything. Why were they treated that way? I don't have a clue...
...visitors found themselves inside a bizarre combination of Macy's and the palace at Versailles. As hundreds of Manila's poorest, many of them in ragged clothes and rubber sandals, shuffled between golden ropes through Malacaņang Palace, the residence of former President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda, they witnessed a show of conspicuous consumption beyond their imaginings. Inside Imelda's boudoir were two queen-size beds on an elevated platform, and a grand piano. The former First Lady's washbasin was made of gold. Downstairs, in a not-so-bargain basement, the woman who used to refer...
...murders bear a chilling similarity. All have occurred on moonless nights between 10 o'clock and midnight. In each case, police think, the man was killed first. The woman was then shot and, with the exception of the 1968 attack, sexually mutilated. Police tests indicate that the attacker wore rubber surgical gloves during the crimes...
...three-quarter-length silver-fox coat and black suede boots with a matching handbag, she appeared at a popular public swimming pool fed by sulfurous waters from Iceland's famed geothermal springs. The swimmers, who apparently had not been informed of the visit, paddled through the steamy mist in rubber caps and goggles to greet the Soviet First Lady. When Raisa applauded them, they clapped in return like performing seals. She then leaned over to shake the dripping hands of the swimmers...
...believe this price?" asks Circosta of a caller from Sandusky, Ohio, as he displays a unicorn-shaped pendant and earring set, marked down from a "suggested retail" of $35 to $7.75. When callers sign off, Circosta salutes them with a toot from the program's trademark: a rubber-bulbed horn. It may be corny, but the recipe works. HSN's net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 1986 hit $53.4 million, up from $4.9 million during the same period in the previous year...