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...sure, there are solid business reasons for taking a company private. Once freed from the need to satisfy Wall Street stock analysts and short-term shareholders, who often demand ever rising profits each quarter, corporate leaders can focus on long-term goals. Says Dean Meadors, a spokesman for Mary Kay Cosmetics: "Going private gives us the opportunity to get out of the fishbowl and to make marketing decisions in a longer time frame than a public company has. Sometimes you need to invest in the future, and sometimes the future is more than 90 days away...
...strongest pre-summit position of any President since Dwight Eisenhower in 1955.[*] The rationale: the U.S. has rebuilt its military strength, and its economy is prosperous; it has blunted what once looked like a Gorbachev propaganda advantage by making a new arms-reduction counterproposal two weeks ago, and enjoys solid support even from those allies most anxious for an arms-control deal; at home, Reagan's popularity is high...
...mostly profiling key Soviet participants, including a lengthy one of Gorbachev in public appearances. Although Soviet Defector Arkady Shevchenko was invited to a presidential lunch recently, one-on-one sit-downs between Reagan and pedagogic experts have largely been avoided. Says one aide: "We wanted him to have a solid base of information before we bring in outsiders...
...Even as we took our stances in standing room, the ceremony began. There was to be a solid hour of pomp and circumstance before the first pitch, the twin centerpieces being the awarding of World Series rings and the hoisting of the World Champs banner. In short centerfield several musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops were arrayed, and to kick things off they played some Fens faves like "Sweet Caroline." Then the rings were bore in from left field by wounded members of the military-real heroes, not the baseball kind. Later, after receiving his ring...
...Defensively he’s been very solid at shortstop,” Mann said. “He’s made a lot of big plays that in the past we haven’t been able to rely on. He’s huge for the team in that position...