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...here, the world's largest automaker--Kerkorian practically wrote the how-to book on such tactics. In the late '70s he loaded up on shares of Columbia Pictures, then turned into such a litigious nightmare that Columbia bought his stake for a 50% premium, a settlement that Fay Vincent, then CEO of Columbia, called "greenmail" (a characterization disputed by a Kerkorian spokesman). In the '90s Kerkorian was at the center of a gear-grinding saga with Chrysler. After buying a big stake and standing by for a few years, he launched a hostile takeover bid with Lee Iacocca...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dealmaker Rides Again | 5/9/2005 | See Source »

...objected like "any member of the public." The board of the nominally independent BBC maintained that it had acted because the program was "unbalanced." Others charged that the government's action was censorship. "Unfortunately our board of governors, appointed to be the watchdogs of liberty, failed to bark," said Vincent Hanna of the National Union of Journalists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Off the Air | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Junior captain Vincent Porter and sophomores Clay Johnson, Matt Knowles, and Robby McIntosh carried Harvard to the four wins and the overall victory...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sailing's Strategy Leads To Berth in 2006 Sloops | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Furthermore, Carswell served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, NY, his alma mater. Under his leadership, Poly underwent unprecedented growth, according to Vincent J. Vigorita, who will succeed Carswell as Chairman of the Board...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: In Memoriam | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

Junior captain Vincent Porter, Johnson, and senior Genny Tulloch skippered the Crimson trifecta with junior Ruth Schlitz and sophomores Kristen Lynch and Emily Simon crewing...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Earns Top Ranking | 4/5/2005 | See Source »

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