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...reached the steep path and started climbing down on decrepit steps. About halfway, Olga called, "Look back!" I turned my head and saw a man following us. Finally we came to the water. It was a small beach nestled between large rocks. There is a watchtower on the right. Two soldiers directed their binoculars at us. People in a motorboat and a speedboat ahead kick-started their engines. A frigate was mooring 100 yards away. Why a guard nearby? Is he supposed to seize me if I try to escape to Turkey? No way. I am too good a swimmer...
...Working women pay a steep price for motherhood. Look what happens: if you take a 27-year-old American woman right now, she is doing very well. Whether she is a lawyer or a bus driver, she is earning almost 90% of the male wage. But the same woman at 35, with two children, working full time, is earning 46% of the male wage...
...PolyGram, the investment in Really Useful is the latest step in an aggressive and costly drive to buy up independent entertainment companies, following the acquisition of A&M and Island Records. While the deal will give PolyGram a role in musical theater, some skeptics suggest that PolyGram paid a steep price for Really Useful, since the return on the investment depends on the West End wunderkind's future output. As for Lloyd Webber, the PolyGram millions will allow him to expand into film and TV, while settling most of the debt his company incurred when it went private...
...week, cornered by bondholders who threatened to push his troubled airline into involuntary bankruptcy, he struck an agreement that may save it. Before the deal can fly, though, it must pass inspection by both the Securities and Exchange Commission and a bankruptcy court. Even then, TWA will face a steep climb against extremely powerful competition. Admits the blunt-spoken financier: "This is not an investment for a widow. How it will fall out, I don't know. But I think that we have a good shot...
After months of steep payroll cuts, some companies may be ready to hire workers again. Milwaukee-based Manpower Inc., the largest U.S. temporary- employment agency, said 22% of 15,000 corporate executives surveyed intend to expand their work forces this summer, while 10% plan new layoffs...