Word: superstars
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...several minority professors, citing Bell's well-established reputation in the legal profession, dispute Friedenthal's claim. "Bell was a visiting superstar," Delgado says. "He was at least equal to his white colleagues...
...Kaari Reierson: another potential superstar who can swim just about anything. The Granite Springs, N.Y., native already owns the school records in both the 100 and 200 backstroke events...
...acquisition trend, however, is still vulnerable to further Boesky- related disclosures, and the odds are good that there will be plenty. Most of the furor that the Boesky case has caused so far comes from the SEC's Nov. 14 judgment against the arbitrage superstar. That, in turn, was based on the relationship investigators uncovered between Boesky and Dennis Levine, the former managing director of Drexel Burnham who first blew open the scandal when he was charged last May with illegal trading in 54 stocks...
...history of ballroom dancing," says Button, "the British have been the most creative of ice dancers. It strikes a sensitive nerve in them." Soviets like Ludmilla Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov have also left their imprint on the form, but Torvill and Dean may be the first to reach the superstar status of such figure-skating soloists as Dorothy Hamill and Peggy Fleming. "All new skaters will in some way look like Torvill and Dean," says Button. "They are wonderfully creative. Much of what they do is unique to them...
...Shad described as "by far the largest" settlement obtained by the SEC for insider-trading activity. After a 16 1/2-month transition period in which Boesky will gradually dispose of his holdings, he will be barred for life from stock trading in the U.S. The tall, impeccably tailored Wall Street superstar has agreed to plead guilty to a single, unspecified criminal charge. Said Boesky in a contrite statement: "My life will be forever changed, but I hope that something positive will ultimately come out of this situation...