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...Frank Wells, president of the Walt Disney Co., crashed in Nevada on Easter Sunday, 1994, Hollywood whispered that the tragedy had taken Disney's heart with it. It also left the now 56-year-old Michael Eisner, the company's brilliant chief executive, lacking a confidant and a suitable successor. In the past four years, Eisner has entertained a number of pretenders to the throne, notably Michael Ovitz and Jeffrey Katzenberg, only to ultimately discard them--painfully and publicly...
...Lions' sole score came on a bomb after a coverage breakdown, but that was merely an aberration. Junior running back Troy Jones had his first-ever 100-yard game and appeared to be the successor to Harvard's all-time career rusher, Eion...
...loss was immediately felt," said R. Alan Ezekowitz, the current Wilder professor of pediatrics and Medearis' successor...
Brian Famigletti returned to the sport in hissenior year and contributed two goals and anassist. Charlie Brown finished off an excellentcareer facing off for Harvard. Besides hiscontributions on the field, Brown was theconsummate student of his position, studying tape,practicing constantly and tutoring his successor,freshman Adam McGowan...
Several times over the next two years, however, Clark and his successor, Jim Barksdale, were persuaded to reconsider. At one point Microsoft offered $40 million in return for 15% to 20% of the company. But according to Netscape officials, the terms were always hopelessly unacceptable. In an early 1995 negotiation, for example, Netscape asked Microsoft for the advance information its programmers would need to make the Netscape browser run properly with Windows 95. According to Clark, Microsoft refused unless it got a piece of the company and a seat on the board. Netscape finally decided...