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Once he is ready to launch the final takeover battle, Pickens sets up a command post at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria or Helmsley Palace hotels. From there, he directs the action like a general, keeping in round-the-clock touch with allies and moneymen across the country. "He's incredibly well plugged in," says a Wall Street financier. "One of his great strengths is that he has more sources than anyone." Notes an investment banker: "He's an absolutely brilliant poker player, though there's a little chess in his game...
...main impact of Tutu's tour was the note of moral dignity it gave to the rising protests in the U.S. "When the missionaries first came to Africa," he told a celebrity-studded audience at New York's Waldorf-Astoria, "they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land." After the laughter, Tutu switched moods. "Where is the anger?" he asked, referring to the U.S. Government. "Constructive engagement is an abomination, an unmitigated disaster...
...Waldorf said he spent the evening with two friends who would testify on his whereabouts during the crime...
...Waldorf said that he had spent most of the evening in Clavery 5, where Pitelli and Charles D. Fulton '87 had entertained Harvard and Yale friends until midnight. Then the three of them spent the rest of the morning talking, he said...
...concerned about Marek and his well being. He's innocent and he is very distraught," said the defendant's father, William Waldorf. "We're just going to see it through. That's all we can do," he added...