Word: specializations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...negotiate." Hugel explained that the KKR bid simply was much higher. By 2 a.m., however, Johnson's advisers persuaded him that his chances were still alive. Armed with a new bid for $108 a share, Johnson arrived the next morning at the East Side law offices where the special, bid-selecting panel of five directors was meeting. He demanded to present his proposal...
...crimes ranging from purse snatching to kidnaping -- has testified against at least a dozen California inmates who he claimed confessed their guilt to him. With information he provided, authorities have unearthed the bodies of murder victims and prosecuted a prison gang leader for murder. In exchange, lawmen accorded him special privileges, including early release, during his frequent returns to the slammer. "Every time I come in here," White boasts, "I inform and get back...
...deadline passed last week for migrant farm workers to seek U.S. residency status under a special amnesty program, the Immigration and Naturalization Service estimated that it had received an astonishing 1.2 million applications, four times the number expected. Normally, about 600,000 aliens come to the U.S. each year to pick crops and work on farms. To qualify for amnesty, the aliens must show they did such work for 90 days between May 1, 1985, and May 1, 1986. So it seems that at least half the applications were phony...
...Regional Airline Association announced Friday it was forming a special task force of industry officials to find ways for the commuters to retain experienced pilots and management employees...
Lighting is ably handled by Patrick Gurian, and some tricky special effects seem to run as planned. Director Jeff Hass also makes good use of the less than optimal performance space of the Currier House fishbowl. His updating of the script, with details like Bruce Springsteen and Sugar Ray Leonard, is on the whole useful and unobtrusive Especially amusing is Pendleton's query to an angel, "How's Elvis doing these days...