Word: seven
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Brien's biggest mistake was waiting until his team was behind, 10-2, before employing his slow-down tactics. He may have kept the Crimson from scoring 100 points, and he may have kept the game close, pulling to within seven points with 14 minutes remaining and six with 10 minutes remaining. But O'Brien never allowed his team to pressure Harvard, which had lost its last three games by an average of 19 points...
...This is absolutely wrong. I wasn't going to take 18% of this company for seven people. You could multiply and get these incredible figures, that I could make a billion dollars. What was in the newspapers was only the seven that I could identify because they were the only ones working on the deal. If I'd known it was going to be in the newspapers, I would have said, "Look, there's going to be 15,000 people." They will get at least 5%. I always saw myself in there at around 1%. In seven or eight years...
...directors -- and much of the public as well -- were soon shocked to read news accounts reporting that Johnson's plan would enrich him and seven of his top executives beyond the dreams of Midas. In exchange for $20 million they would put up for an 8.5% stake in the new company, Johnson and the seven other executives would see the value of their investment jump to $200 million when the sale was completed. That was only the beginning. By doing some simple arithmetic, critics of the plan calculated that the eight men's holdings, which were scheduled to grow...
Swamped by a wave of resentment, Johnson rushed last week to reassure the RJR board that he had intended all along to share the newly created wealth with the 15,000 employees who would remain after the breakup. "I wasn't going to take 18% of this company for seven people," Johnson told TIME in his first interview since the buyout offer. "If I'd known it was going to be in the newspapers, I would have said, 'Look, there's going...
...behind the Junkies. "We lay down certain rhythms and grooves, establish them, then Margo and I color them. Not paint. Color. We're not concerned with reproducing Hank Williams as he was. We want his intent, his feel, as we hear it." The band, which has recently grown to seven members, also has a maverick edge that harks back to the best rowdy traditions of country. The Trinity Session contains a startling version of Lou Reed's acrid Velvet Underground tune, Sweet Jane. The Velvets were a formative influence on the Cowboy Junkies, one that is still discernible...