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Huskies Co-Captain Craig Frank said that Haman's family problems which forced their coach to miss several games in January brought the team closer together. His problem is the team's problem. Frank said, adding that this played a role into team's victor...
Some peace overtures were also made in the merger wars last week. The board of soft-drink producer Royal Crown Cos. reversed itself and agreed to recommend that stockholders accept a $40-a-share bid by Florida-based Investor Victor Posner unless a better offer comes along. Posner, an aggressive and frequently feared accumulator of big blocks of corporate stock, controls more than 26% of Royal Crown's shares. Separately, a Castle & Cooke-led group dropped its efforts to swallow Dr Pepper, another beverage company, which is planning to sell out to Forstmann Little & Co., a private investment firm...
Murray recalls one occasion when Victor Garber, portraying a lecherous real estate agent in Nothing On, inadvertently placed the prop wine bottle two inches away from its appointed spot: "This meant that Douglas Scale [the pixilated burglar] couldn't reach it. Doug brushed it, knocked it over. I reached for it, fumbled it and dropped it between us. We're talking a couple of inches, but that's crucial. The audience is suspended on a tightrope with us. If we stop, they lose their involvement...
...pressure to demonstrate higher earnings in every financial statement becomes relentless. Instead of using revenues to bolster research and development, some companies feel obliged to spruce up their profit-and-loss statement. Says Chief Financial Officer Victor Richmond of Williams-Sonoma, a chain of kitchen-supply stores that went public in July: "Everything we do today is done with the thought, 'Hey, somebody's going to take a look at this...
...Although expulsion is sometimes necessary, educators believe that most students can be reached. In 1979 at Samuel Gompers Vocational-Technical High School in the South Bronx, only 60% of the students regularly showed up for school, and teachers were afraid to stay after the last bell. A new principal, Victor Herbert, began fighting back with graffiti-free hallways, a more stimulating curriculum and special events. Last year at Gompers (enrollment: 1,500), attendance was up to 80%. Says Herbert...