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Whatever good sense these palliatives make, they would certainly cramp the style of some ultrarich whose money lust is tempered by an engagingly eccentric sense of how to spend their fortunes. Arthur Jones, the gruff, gun- toting inventor of Nautilus sports equipment, is laird of a Florida estate that includes a runway large enough to land his own Boeing 707; it is used, among other things, to fly in wild animals for medical research. One of them, which Jones proudly shows Packard, is a reptilian rarity: the biggest saltwater crocodile in captivity. Nice...
Someday almost assuredly. "Jimmy has a tremendous ambition and drive to reach the top," says Susan Baker. "But the presidency is the last thing in his mind right now. We don't spend a lot of time strategizing about it. Right now, he's got to be the best Secretary of State he can. The rest may come from that later...
...Japanese, unlike most Westerners, are not squeamish about discussing toilet habits. Professor Hideo Nishioka, chairman of the 100-member Japan Toilet Association, a private study group, has calculated that Japanese men spend an average of 31.7 seconds in the john compared with 1 minute 33 seconds for women. As if that were not evidence enough of the country's efficiency, Professor Nishioka has another statistic that illustrates Japanese competitiveness: every day, Japan uses enough toilet paper to circle the earth tenfold...
...Crimson does no service to the Harvard community by printing only half of a story. The reporters and editors of the Crimson ought to spend more time understanding the whole story and less time looking to portray a story as a conflict. Neil Segall '90 Chair, Cookin...
...treasurer is looking at it," says Paul Mazzilli, a principal at the Morgan Stanley investment firm. In recent months, three major corporations -- J.C. Penney, Ralston Purina and Texaco -- spent a total of $1.75 billion on ESOPs to shore up their takeover defenses. Procter & Gamble announced plans in January to spend $1 billion to boost its ESOP from 14% of outstanding shares to 20%, partly to ward off raiders...