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...dinner jacket, you'll be able to go anywhere in life." Oleg Cassini, 74, needed no other guidance. He lived high, and he lasted. Intermittently a dress designer, he played polo on the Army cavalry team during World War II and basked in '40s Hollywood, married Gene Tierney, drank with Errol Flynn and romanced Grace Kelly, even as her rich parents scoured Europe for bluer blood. Cassini is best known for being couturier to Jackie Kennedy ("I want all ((my outfits)) to be original and no fat little women hopping around in the same dress"), and his memoir of Camelot...
...threat that Allegis could not take lightly. Coniston Partners has been terrorizing companies ever since 1982, when it was formed by Investors Augustus Oliver, 37, Paul Tierney, 44, and Keith Gollust, 42, who together put up an original investment of only $3 million. The partners have rung up more than $100 million in profits since, by forcing restructuring plans and boosting stock values at Cyclops, Storer Communications, NL Industries, Viacom International and Gelco. Nonetheless, the three men still take the New York City subway to work every morning, avoiding limousines and other costly perks. Says Tierney: "We preach leanness...
...that moment the Cleveland company became students in what has been called the George Abbott University, an institution whose graduates include Gene Kelly, Shirley MacLaine, Kirk Douglas, Gene Tierney, Jose Ferrer, Paul Muni, Van Johnson, Shirley Booth, Eddie Albert, Nancy Walker, Garson Kanin, Richard Widmark, Arlene Francis, Hal Prince...
...last week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected that view. Upholding the Maine law and opening the way for others like it, the court drew a distinction between severance -- a one-time payment -- and the ongoing, company-managed benefits plans that are regulated by Washington. Said Maine Attorney General James Tierney, lauding the decision: "When people give their lives to a company, they're entitled to more than a handshake...
...returning alumni, Sean E. Tierney '62 of Laguna, California, said yesterday, "I've been looking forward to it for a long time." He registered yesterday with his wife and their two children. While Tierney said he was anxious to visit with old friends, his eight-year-old daughter, Katie, said she was looking forward to the circus trip planned by child-care organizers. "I've never been to a circus," she said...