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DETROIT: Disgruntled Chrysler shareholder and takeover nemesis Kirk Kerkorian has agreed to not increase his stake in the automaker for five years. The move brings to an abrupt halt a rough takeover fight that had played out over much of the past year, as Kerkorian unsuccessfully tried to wrest control of the company. In return for peace, Kerkorian lieutenant James Aljian will get a seat on Chrysler's board. Chrysler also agreed to buy back an additional $3 billion worth of company stock. The move could increase the value of Chrysler stock, and the value of Kerkorian's 54 million...
Mleczko, who has led Harvard in scoring all season, constantly kept the game close and had a role in all of the Crimson's four goals. However, she and the rest of the Harvard players were never able to wrest the lead from Dartmouth...
...indirectly responsible for her pregnancy: she had lost her apartment, and in Brooklyn's Auburn Place homeless shelter she began a romance with Gustavo Izquierdo, who worked at the shelter as a cook. As her pregnancy progressed, Awilda was so lost in the pipe that relatives managed to wrest custody of her first two children, Rubencito and Kasey, from her. The social workers at Woodhull Hospital took one look at Elisa's tiny, crack-addicted body and immediately assigned custody to the father. Following standard procedure, they also alerted...
Kentucky Republicans are stressing the need for change as they attempt to wrest the governorship from 24 years of Democratic control. Larry Forgy, an attorney, is running under the Republican banner and challenging current Lt. Gov. Paul Patton...
Malone a treacherous negotiator? Don't be silly, he says. Equally ridiculous, he adds, is the idea that he plans to make trouble for Levin down the road--even, as some lurid scenarists would have it, helping Ted Turner move against Levin to wrest control of the company. "I know Ted very well," Malone says. "His life-style is such that he doesn't want to be in there running anything. Jerry is king. We're giving him the power to be a really strong CEO." Because Malone controls a huge cable system, FCC rules bar him from controlling more...