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...headline-grabbing skill as a dealmaker, Kerkorian is often described as a recluse. Vegas real estate tycoon Irwin Molasky, an old friend, says it's more that Kerkorian tends to be quiet and unassuming. He hasn't been entirely able to shield himself from the tabloids, however. In 2002 he was involved in a tawdry paternity case after his third wife, tennis pro Lisa Bonder, to whom he had been married for a month, admitted faking DNA tests to prove he was the father of her child. Still, when he attends boxing matches, Kerkorian sits up in the cheap seats...
Evans is also largely in charge of Operation Student Shield, a Boston initiative launched in January to cut out loud parties and public drinking—activities that can make town-gown relations tenuous...
...acquires an official shield and motto...
...most direct route to savings is encouraging workers to buy health services more wisely. "People don't need half or more of all care," claims California Blue Shield Senior Vice President Larry Parcell. "Doctors still see people for head colds." Under the Berol Corp. plan, a worker is credited with an extra $500 a year, which is then reduced by the amount paid out by the insurance company for each claim; the employee gets to keep whatever is left. The company is saving $125,000 a year in reduced medical-coverage premiums. At King Broadcasting in Seattle, where workers...
Ronald Reagan deplores the term Star Wars to describe his Strategic Defense Initiative. So does retired Army Lieut. General Daniel Graham, one of the originators of the idea to build a defensive shield against nuclear missiles, even though his organization, High Frontier, uses the words in a new pro-SDI television commercial. George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars movie trilogy, hates the usage most of all. His company, Lucasfilm, asked a Washington federal district court to enjoin the TV spot on the ground that it damages a valuable trademark (film revenues to date: $1.3 billion) by taking Star Wars...