Word: savioring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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McAlary's own paper was in even worse financial shape than the News. Press tycoon Rupert Murdoch, who bought the Post in 1976, lost about $150 million in a dozen years before caving in. The latest would-be savior was Peter Kalikow, like Zuckerman a real estate lord, who ran down the circulation (from 550,000 to about 438,000), threw his real estate holdings into bankruptcy and exacted a 20% pay cut from his staff before finally putting the paper up for sale. Answering the call was Hoffenberg, whose millions come from "financial services," in this case buying other...
Still, its savior faces the daunting prospect of endless encores: four Paris collections (including ready-to-wear) a year, plus two more for New York City. The day after his show, he was busy ordering shoes for the fall couture collection. How is it all possible? De la Renta is blase: "If a tycoon can run several companies...
...this case, the tempestuous weather was the culprit -- and then the savior. High winds and 30-ft. waves sent the ship onto the shore and prevented salvage crews from removing the oil. But "the weather had its good sides too," says Madeleine McDonagh, head of the marine-environment group at Britain's Warren Spring Laboratory. "The winds and waves helped induce a natural dispersion...
...their new lives take shape, the direction of the Crown may also become clear. In the meantime, Queen Elizabeth II, 66, must hang in there, as she has for 40 years; her family has not allowed her an easeful old age. Prince William of Wales may be the savior of the monarchy, but he is only...
Alternate: BRETT HUFF, savior of MotherEarth and member of PBH's environmental committee...