Word: shark
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...company and later lost his job, when Allied Corp. came to Bendix's aid as a so-called white knight in the battle but then forced him out. Even before that struggle, companies had moved to make outright takeovers more difficult by setting up so-called shark repellents. Example: some companies altered their bylaws to require a two-thirds or three-quarters majority of voting shares to make changes in company policy, and some also set up "golden parachutes" to protect top executives. When Xerox was threatened last summer by a bid from GTE, it bought Crum & Forster...
...actors against the wall. Bedrooms and boardrooms alike are illuminated by lasers, neon, smoke, creepy red and blue filters. Single-source lighting throws every face and motivation into sinister relief. And under the action, jazz-rock music - a hum of bass, synthesizer and baritone sax - moves continuously, like a shark in shallow water. To be sure, Vortex engages the eye, not the gut. But for $80,000, an eyes-only feast should be enough...
...Silverman was packing up his records, he received fresh allegations from the Justice Department that Donovan had met in Miami with William Masselli and Albert ("Chink") Facchiano, a convicted loan shark and former captain in the Genovese clan, to set up no-show jobs for mobsters on Schiavone construction sites. In mid-July, Silverman reopened his investigation, determined to dig deeper into the alleged links between the Genovese family and Schiavone. In his first probe, he had questioned the elder Masselli and Buono, who is reputed to be a Genovese captain; Silverman decided to interrogate them again, and also...
...Donovan, then part owner of New Jersey's Schiavone Construction Co., met near Miami in January 1979 with two known mobsters: William Masselli, a member of the Genovese Mafia family and head of an excavation firm that did business with Schiavone; and Albert ("Chink") Facchiano, a convicted loan shark and former capo (captain) in the Genovese clan. The purpose of the Miami get-together was reportedly to set up no-show jobs for Genovese Mob members on Schiavone construction sites. Although Donovan refused to comment on the new inquiry, he has repeatedly denied meeting with any mobsters. He contends...
...greatest meal he ever had catered, Manning claims, was coming out of Shanghai after President Nixon's 1972 visit to China. That historic trip had been a seemingly endless sequence of banquets with Chinese delicacies: shark's fin, goldfish in white sauce. The return to the U.S., arranged by flight crews from Guam, was fueled by McDonald's burgers, French fries and milkshakes...