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...much emphasis on the superficial qualities and not enough on intelligence." The sisters from Fairfield, Conn., are honors English majors and have no small ambitions about using their heads. "We'd like to run our own magazine," says Patty. "All we need is a Daddy Warbucks." But which twin will be the editor and which the publisher...
Control Data (estimated 1985 sales: $4.9 billion) faces daunting problems. The company's computer operations have been hit by an industry-wide slump and intense Japanese competition. The twin setbacks have pushed the firm into deep financial trouble. Control Data lost $270 million during the first nine months of 1985, and the red ink could easily pass $300 million for the entire year. To help repay bank loans on which it defaulted last summer, the company is selling Ticketron, its electronic ticketing service, and other operations. An earlier attempt to raise badly needed cash by selling Commercial Credit, Control Data...
...even possible for sisters and brothers to overcome ancient grievances as they band together for their parents' sake. As a child, psychologist Bedford, for example, often fought with her twin, Barbara, and her elder sister Margie. In adulthood, the three women harbored grudges and rarely saw one another. But in 1985, after Margie had a serious accident, her siblings teamed up to tend to her through months of rehab. The three of them talked through their childhood conflicts. Margie was their father's favorite, Barbara was their mother's, and Victoria felt like a neglected middle child. The women acknowledged...
...clear from the log's terse entries that increased pressure is leading to new disclosures. The interrogators keep juggling techniques--giving extra sleep some days, offering a home-cooked Arab meal on another (al-Qahtani refuses it). Later that day, when a video of the destruction of the Twin Towers is played, al-Qahtani becomes so violent, he has to be restrained. "We can't say, Because we did this, we got that," a senior Pentagon official says. "If we did know what worked, we'd know exactly which pressure points to apply and when." Even al-Qahtani seems...
...Crimson did not let the poor performance extend any further. The next weekend it ended its season with twin victories at the Massachusetts State Championships and the Northeast Championships. Rhoads credited strong leadership from the team’s seniors as the key to increasing the team’s morale...