Word: walls
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...union would "insure Time Warner a place in the 1990s as one of a handful of global media giants." Declared the Chicago Tribune: "The deal creates a corporate dynamo." In Munich the daily newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung disagreed, predicting that the union would be a "Tower of Babel." And on Wall Street, where there had not been much excitement since the contest for RJR Nabisco, investors and speculators were agog over the proposed $9.5 billion exchange of Time shares for Warner's -- the largest stock swap ever...
Some industry observers have questioned whether Ross's Hollywood ways can easily coexist with the more conservative management style at Time. "Can they work together, or will egos get in the way of the dreams of managers?" asked a Wall Street media expert. Munro and Nicholas decided to go ahead only after many lengthy discussions with Ross dating back to early 1987, and they feel they know their man. "Over the past two years," said Munro, "we have probably spent more time with Steve Ross than with our wives. We feel very comfortable with him." As in all corporate marriages...
Doing flawless interpretations of Gordon Gekko in Wall Street, players are giving new meaning to the term "Greed is good." They now charge money to sign autographs...
This season, having lost three starting attack players to graduation, it's going to take a defensive wall and some emerging shooters for the Crimson to climb back to the top of the college lacrosse game...
...Oval Office many an evening. John Kennedy once showed up for work with a bandage on his head, claiming he cut it on a table while reaching for a dropped book. Research suggests that after ample champagne at a party, the President led a conga line into a wall fixture. The original photograph of Richard Nixon in the White House the night before he resigned caught two drained martini glasses at his elbow. The photo released to the public had the glasses airbrushed to remove the olives...