Word: suede
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The divorce of Kirstie Alley and Parker Stevenson has hit a snag even before it hits the court. Alley sued for divorce in Maine; Stevenson countersued in California. The difference is that in the Golden State the richer partner typically has to share more of her wealth. Alley maintains that...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a closely watched decision that could spawn a new round of equity actions in women's collegiate sports, the Supreme Court let stand a ruling that Brown University had discriminated against its women athletes when it stripped funding from its women's varsity volleyball and gymnastics teams...
When Turning Leaf hit the shelves in September 1995, the only hint of its origin was the Modesto, California, address; the word Gallo was nowhere to be found. Boosted by advertising, the wine sold 1.3 million cases in 1996, second to Kendall-Jackson. In April 1996, after hearing complaints that...
Jackson, 67, and Gallo, 88, are well matched; both are stubborn and litigious. Jackson once sued his winemaker to keep him from divulging "trade secrets," and Gallo sued his own brother to prevent him from using the family name on a line of cheeses. "It's rare that you have...
The RJR proxy fight in 1995-96--in which LeBow proposed to split the company into two pieces, the Nabisco Brands food group and the R.J. Reynolds tobacco firm--was ultimately rejected by skeptical stockholders. "I think it was...an issue of character," said tobacco-industry analyst Ellen Baras at...