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...Minutewomen (14-1) lived up to their name--storming the Harvard penalty area with shots that could have rung round the world. UMass fired its way past the Crimson (6-3-1 overall, 1-0-2 Ivy League) in a fast-paced, physical clash between the top two teams in the Eastern Region...
Colino joined Comsat, Intelsat's U.S. affiliate, in 1965. After 15 years he became its representative on Intelsat's board of governors and then jumped to the top rung at the international agency. He took office just as critics, especially within the Reagan Administration, accused Intelsat of obstructing the growth of competing satellite systems that would bypass Comsat. The clever and resourceful attorney moved swiftly to increase Intelsat's flexibility. Among other things, Colino led Intelsat to sell satellite transponders, which are the parts of the orbiters that relay electronic signals, to 13 countries, including Japan and Argentina, which...
...problems began last May when the Los Angeles Times published a report alleging that in 1984 and 1985, ZZZZ Best had rung up $72,000 in false credit- card charges. The paper also reported that the same thing happened a year later at a flower shop owned by ZZZZ Best's chief operating officer, this time for a total of $91,000. Minkow blamed both overcharges on unscrupulous subcontractors and an employee, and repaid all the customers...
...threat that Allegis could not take lightly. Coniston Partners has been terrorizing companies ever since 1982, when it was formed by Investors Augustus Oliver, 37, Paul Tierney, 44, and Keith Gollust, 42, who together put up an original investment of only $3 million. The partners have rung up more than $100 million in profits since, by forcing restructuring plans and boosting stock values at Cyclops, Storer Communications, NL Industries, Viacom International and Gelco. Nonetheless, the three men still take the New York City subway to work every morning, avoiding limousines and other costly perks. Says Tierney: "We preach leanness...
...Harvard that Stockman mounted the first rung on the the ladder up to his current, ridiculously well-paid position with the head gnomes of Wall Street, Salomon Brothers. In the late '60s, Stockman, like many WASPs of his time, was in hiding from the Vietnam war. A self-professed leftie, Stockman chose the Harvard Divinity School as his hideout, but he soon fell under the sway of the smell of power...