21380012@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The top stock-index arbitrage firm last month was Morgan Stanley & Co.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21380013@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Of Morgan Stanley's 66.8 million shares in program trades for the month, 53.1 million were in stock-index arbitrage trades.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21380014@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Behind second-place Morgan Stanley were Kidder, Peabody & Co., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and CS First Boston Inc.'s First Boston Corp. unit.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21381001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A group of shareholders filed suit against Imperial Corp. of America, Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., First Executive Corp. and others, charging them with artificially inflating Imperial's stock price to protect certain major investors.@@@@1@33@@oe@2-2-2013
21381002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The complaint, filed in federal district court, accuses Imperial and other defendants of issuing false and misleading financial data.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21381003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It also charges that Imperial, the holding company for Imperial Savings & Loan, experienced major losses and writedowns because of improper assessment of the risks of junk-bond investments and wholesale consumer loan packages.@@@@1@33@@oe@2-2-2013
21381004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The suit seeks unspecified damages.@@@@1@5@@oe@2-2-2013
21381005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Imperial is in the midst of reducing its junk-bond holdings and getting out of the investment banking business in order to return to traditional thrift activities.@@@@1@26@@oe@2-2-2013
21381006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The derivative suit is similar to a class-action complaint filed earlier this year.@@@@1@13@@oe@2-2-2013
21381007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Imperial said in a statement it expects other complaints to be filed in the wake of the original suit and a recent article in Barron's magazine that focused on the company's problems.@@@@1@32@@oe@2-2-2013
21381008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Although an Imperial spokesman said the company hadn't yet been served with the derivative suit, he reiterated the company's statement that it would vigorously defend itself against the class-action suit.@@@@1@30@@oe@2-2-2013
21381009@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Spokesmen at Drexel and First Executive said the companies hadn't yet been served with the suit.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21381010@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In a separate complaint also filed in federal court here, shareholder Max Grill of New York charged Imperial, its top executives and directors with breach of fiduciary duty and squandering the company's assets.@@@@1@33@@oe@2-2-2013
21381011@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Imperial said it hadn't been served with this suit either.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21382001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Companies listed below reported quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts' estimates.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21382002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The companies are followed by at least three analysts, and had a minimum five-cent change in actual earnings per share.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21382003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Estimated and actual results involving losses are omitted.@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21382004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The percent difference compares actual profit with the 30-day estimate where at least three analysts have issues forecasts in the past 30 days.@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21382005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Otherwise, actual profit is compared with the 300-day estimate.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21383001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Rhone-Poulenc S.A., Paris, said it completed the purchase of the specialty chemicals operation of RTZ Corp., a British mining and industrial group.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21383002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Rhone-Poulenc, a chemical and pharmaceutical company, said RTZ Chemicals has annual sales of about $900 million.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21383003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It didn't release terms of the transaction.@@@@1@7@@oe@2-2-2013
21384001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Consumer spending in Britain rose 0.1% in the third quarter from the second quarter and was up 3.8% from a year ago, the Central Statistical Office estimated Friday.@@@@1@28@@oe@2-2-2013
21385001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A group including Gene E. Phillips, former chairman of Southmark Corp., and William S. Friedman, former vice chairman of Southmark, lowered its stake in the Dallas real estate concern to 7.7%, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.@@@@1@41@@oe@2-2-2013
21385002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The group said it sold 455,410 Southmark common shares from Sept. 5 to Oct. 5 for 18.75 cents to 25 cents a share.@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21385003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The filing said the group continues to hold 3,481,887 remaining shares.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21386001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Eastman Kodak Co., seeking to position itself in the potentially huge high-definition television market, unveiled a converter that can transform conventional motion-picture film into high-definition video.@@@@1@26@@oe@2-2-2013
21386002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The move also helps the Rochester, N.Y., photographic giant ensure that its motion-picture film business -- for which it holds a virtual monopoly, supplying every Hollywood movie company -- isn't made obsolete by the upstart HDTV business.@@@@1@37@@oe@2-2-2013
21386003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@While the prototype converter is costly, it's being lauded by the infant HDTV industry as a way of increasing the number of high-quality shows that can be seen on the new medium.@@@@1@32@@oe@2-2-2013
21386004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"The industry has been waiting with bated breath for the machines to come along," says David Niles, president of Eleven Twenty Five Productions Inc., a New York pioneer in high-definition programming.@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21386005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He notes that industry executives have until now worried that they would face a severe shortage of programs once consumers begin replacing their TV sets with HDTVs.@@@@1@27@@oe@2-2-2013
21386006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Japanese electronic giants, such as Sony Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., have focused almost entirely on HDTV hardware, and virtually ignored software or programs shot in high-definition.@@@@1@26@@oe@2-2-2013
21386007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And only a handful of small U.S. companies are engaged in high-definition software development.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21386008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It's estimated that just about 250 hours of HD programming is currently available for airing.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21386009@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Kodak says its new CCD HDTV converter will help alleviate the problem by allowing programmers and broadcasters to convert movies and television programs shot in 35mm motion-picture film into high-definition video.@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21386010@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Consumers will be able to switch on their HDTV sets and get all the viewing benefits the high-tech medium offers.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21386011@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Otherwise, they'd be watching programs that are no different in quality from what they currently view on color TVs.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21386012@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It would be like "watching a black and white movie on a color TV set," says Malcolm G. Saull, chairman of the film and video department at the Rochester Institute of Technology.@@@@1@32@@oe@2-2-2013
21386013@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The new converters are "a critical link between film and the television domain," says Joerg D. Agin, vice president and general manager of Kodak's Motion Picture and Audiovisual Products division.@@@@1@30@@oe@2-2-2013
21386014@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Kodak won't disclose the cost or when its converter will be on the market, but it's estimated the machine may be available within two years.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21386015@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A similar machine already on the market, made by Rank Sintel Ltd., a unit of Rank Organisation, costs about $500,000.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21386016@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And the potential market is tremendous, industry experts say.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21386017@unknown@formal@none@1@S@If HDTV takes off in the U.S., there will be demand for some 4,000 to 5,000 HDTV converters, known in the industry as telecines.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21386018@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Demand will come first from programming production companies and then from television stations.@@@@1@13@@oe@2-2-2013
21386019@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"The converter is head and shoulders above anything else I've seen," says Richard J. Stumpf, vice president-engineering and development at MCA Inc.'s Universal City Studios.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21386020@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And Mr. Niles, the program producer, contends that Kodak's move is "a sound marketing decision.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21386021@unknown@formal@none@1@S@They can't afford to stay out of HDTV."@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21386022@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Indeed, the stakes are high.@@@@1@5@@oe@2-2-2013
21386023@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The U.S. electronics industry estimates that the HDTV market will total about $150 billion over the next two decades, with an additional $400 billion expected to go for related products.@@@@1@30@@oe@2-2-2013
21386024@unknown@formal@none@1@S@HDTVs break down images into more than 1,100 lines, compared with 525 for today's televisions, providing considerably sharper detail.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21386025@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And the sets are wider, resembling the dimensions of a movie screen.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21386026@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But the financial rewards aren't expected soon, nor are they guaranteed.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21386027@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Experts estimate the first sets of HDTVs won't be available for another five to 10 years, and will probably retail for more than $3,000 each in today's dollars.@@@@1@28@@oe@2-2-2013
21386028@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Some critics say they won't be quickly embraced by consumers because of the high price.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21386029@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Nevertheless, Kodak couldn't risk letting HDTV turn its motion-picture film business into a dinosaur.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21386030@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Kodak understands HDTV is where everybody is going," says RIT's Mr. Spaull.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21387001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Yet another political scandal is racking Japan.@@@@1@7@@oe@2-2-2013
21387002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But this time it's hurting opposition as well as ruling-party members.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21387003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And as it unfolds, it's revealing some of the more tangled and seamier aspects of Japanese society.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21387004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Already, ruling Liberal Democratic Party demands that opposition members testify under oath in parliament have stalled one budget committee session and forced the committee to plan a special two-day investigation at the end of the month.@@@@1@36@@oe@2-2-2013
21387005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But the scandal itself is so convoluted that ruling-party members are divided between those who want to pursue the matter in hope of undermining the opposition and those who favor leaving well enough alone.@@@@1@34@@oe@2-2-2013
21387006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"The opposition can be the most hurt because everyone already figures the LDP is that kind of beast," says Shigezo Hayasaka, former aide to LDP kingmaker Kakuei Tanaka and now an independent analyst.@@@@1@33@@oe@2-2-2013
21387007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But, he adds, "We can't tell where it will go at all because we're still in the middle of it."@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21387008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@This time, the scandal centers on donations made by the not-quite-mainstream pachinko parlor industry.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21387009@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Pachinko, a kind of pinball, is Japan's favorite form of legal gambling.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21387010@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The donations so far appear to be small, especially compared with the huge sums that changed hands in the Recruit Co. influence-peddling scandal that plagued the ruling party last year.@@@@1@30@@oe@2-2-2013
21387011@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But the implications could be great.@@@@1@6@@oe@2-2-2013
21387012@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Pachinko is slightly on the shady side, often linked to the lower ranks of Japan's underworld and regularly at the top of annual lists of tax evaders.@@@@1@27@@oe@2-2-2013
21387013@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Recently the industry has faced the threat of new restrictions, and political donations may have been made with the intent to bribe.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21387014@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Also, about 60% of pachinko parlor owners are Korean, many of whom maintain close ties with North or South Korean residents' organizations, and donations by such foreign groups are illegal in Japan.@@@@1@32@@oe@2-2-2013
21387015@unknown@formal@none@1@S@To many Japanese, pachinko is benign or enticingly unsavory.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21387016@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Garish neon pachinko marquees blaze from the main streets and narrow alleys of cities and towns across the country.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21387017@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Devotees pass hours, watching the lights blink and listening to the metal balls ping, as much to gamble as to get a little time to be anonymous, alone with their thoughts.@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21387018@unknown@formal@none@1@S@At 500 yen ($3.60) for a handful of balls, pachinko is a common pastime, and has been since it took root as cheap entertainment in the years after World War II.@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21387019@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But the total of all those pinging balls has created an industry with a reported annual income of 13 trillion yen (almost $92 billion), or nearly the size of Japan's vaunted automobile industry.@@@@1@33@@oe@2-2-2013
21387020@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And because the pachinko industry is regularly at the top of annual lists for tax evasion, some observers estimate the real income could be as much as 20 trillion yen.@@@@1@30@@oe@2-2-2013
21387021@unknown@formal@none@1@S@If that money were being taxed, it could bring the government a badly needed several trillion yen.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21387022@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In 1984, an attempt was made to crack down on the industry with tougher restrictions.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21387023@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Then, in 1988, a proposal to keep better track of income by selling prepaid cards for pachinko was fielded in parliament.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21387024@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The proposal split the industry in two, along the lines of national origin: North Koreans oppose the plan while South Koreans, Japanese and Taiwanese accept it or are neutral.@@@@1@29@@oe@2-2-2013
21387025@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In August, a conservative weekly magazine reported that a pachinko industry organization donated money to Japan Socialist Party members.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21387026@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The magazine alleged that in making the donations, the pachinko industry may have been offering bribes to win support in the battle against prepaid cards, or it may have been laundering money back and forth between the JSP and the North Korean residents' organization, the Chosen Soren.@@@@1@47@@oe@2-2-2013
21387027@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The Chosen Soren and the JSP immediately denied the report.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21387028@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And at first, neither the opposition nor the LDP wanted to pursue the issue.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21387029@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But the press kept it alive; as with the Recruit scandal, lists began circulating with names of people who had received money.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21387030@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Within a matter of weeks, less-conservative magazines reported that members of the ruling LDP had received much larger donations from pachinko organizations.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21387031@unknown@formal@none@1@S@So far, though, there have been no allegations that the contributions the LDP members received amounted to bribes.@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21387032@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Then the two camps upped the ante: Reports that Chosen Soren had donated directly to JSP members were rapidly countered by statements that the South Korean residents' organization had long been donating directly to LDP members.@@@@1@36@@oe@2-2-2013
21387033@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The JSP admitted Oct. 13 that its members received about eight million yen from the pachinko organization, and charged LDP members with receiving 125 million yen ($880,000) and other opposition parties with taking about 2.5 million yen.@@@@1@37@@oe@2-2-2013
21387034@unknown@formal@none@1@S@On Friday, the chief cabinet secretary announced that eight cabinet ministers had received five million yen from the industry, including 450,000 yen ($3,175) by Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu.@@@@1@28@@oe@2-2-2013
21387035@unknown@formal@none@1@S@No one has alleged that the donations were by themselves illegal.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21387036@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Direct donations from either of the residents' organizations would be illegal because the groups are defined as foreign, but both groups deny making direct donations.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21387037@unknown@formal@none@1@S@They say its possible some of their members may be donating privately.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21387038@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The issue is further complicated because although the organizations represent Korean residents, those residents were largely born and raised in Japan and many speak only Japanese.@@@@1@26@@oe@2-2-2013
21387039@unknown@formal@none@1@S@That they retain Korean citizenship and ties is a reflection of history -- their parents were shipped in as laborers during the decades when Japan occupied Korea before World War II -- and the discrimination that still faces Koreans in Japanese society.@@@@1@42@@oe@2-2-2013
21387040@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Many Japanese think it only natural that the organizations or their members would donate to politicians, the way many Japanese do, to win favor or support.@@@@1@26@@oe@2-2-2013
21387041@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Both residents' organizations admit to receiving some funding from abroad.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21387042@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But LDP members and supporters of the prepaid card idea tend to speak in innuendo about the JSP's alleged donations, implying that North Korean money would be more suspect than South Korean because North Korea is communist and South Korea is an ally.@@@@1@43@@oe@2-2-2013
21388001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@When Robert McDuffie was 14, he got a chance to play in the starting lineup for his high school basketball team in Macon, Ga.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21388002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Unfortunately, his mother had tickets for a recital by Itzhak Perlman the same night, and she was adamant about his attending.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21388003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"I threw such a fit," says Mr. McDuffie, who had begun violin studies at the age of six.@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21388004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"But once Perlman started playing, I didn't give a damn about basketball. . . .@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21388005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Afterwards, I went home and practiced for three hours."@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21388006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Today, it's obvious that the brawny, six-foot, one-inch musician made the right choice.@@@@1@13@@oe@2-2-2013
21388007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@At 31, Mr. McDuffie has a rich, full-bodied tone, an admirable rhythmic precision and an increasingly busy schedule.@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21388008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He's currently in the midst of a 17-city U.S. tour with Yehudi Menuhin and the Warsaw Sinfonia, with stops including Charleston, S.C. (Oct. 25), Sarasota, Fla. (Oct. 28), Tampa, Fla. (Oct. 29) and Miami (Oct. 31).@@@@1@36@@oe@2-2-2013
21388009@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Later this season he gives a recital at Washington's Kennedy Center, and appears as soloist with several major orchestras.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21388010@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Yet Mr. McDuffie's career has developed at a slower pace than those of some of his better known contemporaries.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21388011@unknown@formal@none@1@S@During the late 1970s, he was part of a musical "brat pack" -- a group of budding virtuosos who studied at the Juilliard School with the noted pedagogue Dorothy DeLay.@@@@1@30@@oe@2-2-2013
21388012@unknown@formal@none@1@S@His violin classmates included Shlomo Mintz, a protege of Isaac Stern who performed with major orchestras while still a student; Cho-Liang Lin, who joined the roster of ICM Artists Inc. at the age of 18; and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, who launched her career by winning the 1981 Naumberg Competition.@@@@1@48@@oe@2-2-2013
21388013@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"I thought I was over the hill at 22," recalls Mr. McDuffie, an outgoing man with pale blue eyes and a light Southern drawl.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21388014@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"But I wasn't ready for a career at that time."@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21388015@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Young McDuffie's first violin teacher was Henrik Schwarzenberger, a Hungarian refugee who taught in the Macon public school system.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21388016@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"He taught me how to play like a gypsy," jokes the musician.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21388017@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"I didn't learn to count until I got to Juilliard."@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21388018@unknown@formal@none@1@S@After studies at that conservatory's Pre-College Division with an assistant to the legendary instructor Ivan Galamian, he switched at the college level to Miss DeLay, Mr. Galamian's longtime assistant and, ultimately, his rival.@@@@1@33@@oe@2-2-2013
21388019@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"I think I had to prove myself to her," says Mr. McDuffie.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21388020@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"But she was always encouraging.@@@@1@5@@oe@2-2-2013
21388021@unknown@formal@none@1@S@She only put her foot down twice," he continues.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21388022@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"In my freshman year, my roommate was known as a party animal.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21388023@unknown@formal@none@1@S@She thought I wasn't getting my practicing done."@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21388024@unknown@formal@none@1@S@As the violinist tells it, his grandmotherly looking teacher "put her hands on her hips, stomped her foot and said, `You've just got to get the {expletive deleted} out of there.'"@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21388025@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The second incident took place after Mr. McDuffie gave an ambitious student recital and was feeling rather pleased with himself.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21388026@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Miss DeLay requested that he come to her studio with a tape of the recital.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21388027@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"We listened to the Chausson `Poeme,'" he recalls, "and she said, `You hear the first note, that B-flat?@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21388028@unknown@formal@none@1@S@That's the only note that's truly in tune . . .'."@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21388029@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"That's the most important experience I've had with any teacher," he says, "because she taught me how to listen.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21388030@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Now, when I play with orchestras, the musicians often compliment me on my intonation."@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21388031@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It was also at Juilliard that Mr. McDuffie discovered his predilection for conservative, 20th-century American composers such as David Diamond and Samuel Barber.@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21388032@unknown@formal@none@1@S@After winning a school competition with a performance of the latter's "Violin Concerto," Mr. McDuffie was invited to play the work for the composer, who was dying of cancer.@@@@1@29@@oe@2-2-2013
21388033@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Barber was seated by the fireplace looking very pale," recalls the violinist, who performed the work with a piano accompanist at the composer's apartment.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21388034@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"He didn't say much, but what he said was important because it's not in the score.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21388035@unknown@formal@none@1@S@There's a beautiful, Coplandesque motif -- he'd kill me if he heard me say that -- throughout the first movement . . .@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21388036@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The only time the violin has it is right at the end.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21388037@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It's written `marcato' in the score, and I played it that way, kind of gigue-like.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21388038@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And he yelled out `dolce! dolce!' {`sweet! sweet!'}."@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21388039@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"So we did it over," he adds.@@@@1@7@@oe@2-2-2013
21388040@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"I played very transparently, with the tip of the bow.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21388041@unknown@formal@none@1@S@If a conductor is sensitive enough to bring down the orchestra {volume} at that point, it makes the piece magical.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21388042@unknown@formal@none@1@S@I don't know why Barber never told anybody else.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21388043@unknown@formal@none@1@S@On Isaac Stern's recording it's very biting."@@@@1@7@@oe@2-2-2013
21388044@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Since leaving Juilliard, Mr. McDuffie has made some smart moves and some controversial ones.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21388045@unknown@formal@none@1@S@His guest appearance on the NBC soap opera "Another World," scandalized musical elitists.@@@@1@13@@oe@2-2-2013
21388046@unknown@formal@none@1@S@By contrast, he's won kudos for his espousal of William Schuman's "Violin Concerto," which he recently recorded for Angel/EMI along with Leonard Bernstein's engaging "Serenade for Violin Solo, Strings and Percussion."@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21388047@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. McDuffie's sweet tone, heartfelt lyricism and rhythmic punch make him an ideal interpreter of both works.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21388048@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Aided by the fluid playing of the St. Louis Symphony under Leonard Slatkin's direction, this "Serenade" really swings.@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21388049@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Schuman's "Violin Concerto," which sounds more like a mildly atonal rhapsody for solo violin with orchestral accompaniment, meanders until the propulsive "Agitato, fervente."@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21388050@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But there are ample rewards in its plaintive slow sections and virtuoso fireworks for soloist, brass and timpani.@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21388051@unknown@formal@none@1@S@At Avery Fisher Hall here, Mr. McDuffie was heard recently with Mr. Menuhin and the Warsaw Sinfonia in more conventional fare -- Bruch's overwrought "Violin Concerto in G Minor."@@@@1@29@@oe@2-2-2013
21388052@unknown@formal@none@1@S@His performance was so effusive and driven that the phrases rarely breathed.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21388053@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The 35-member Sinfonia played adroitly with a big, lush sound that belied its size.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21388054@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Whatever he plays, Mr. McDuffie finds satisfaction in the music itself -- "something greater out there than me," as he puts it during an interview at the Manhattan apartment he shares with wife, Camille, a literary publicist.@@@@1@37@@oe@2-2-2013
21388055@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"A normal person did not write the Beethoven `Violin Concerto,'" he declares.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21388056@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Even when I hear it played badly, I'm still humbled by the piece.@@@@1@13@@oe@2-2-2013
21388057@unknown@formal@none@1@S@If I could ever feel I've contributed to it in some way, then all the hard work has been worth it."@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21388058@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Ms. Jepson is a free-lance music writer in New York.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21389001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Are consumers too deep in hock?@@@@1@6@@oe@2-2-2013
21389002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A lot of observers think so, and, if they're right, the whole economy as well as the spendthrifts among us could be hurt.@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21389003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A sudden, forced cutback by consumers, who normally account for about two-thirds of economic activity, would damp the economy at a time when plant-and-equipment spending is slowing and deficit-racked governments can't readily take up the slack.@@@@1@36@@oe@2-2-2013
21389004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And another wave of bad loans would further batter many already-shaky lending institutions.@@@@1@13@@oe@2-2-2013
21389005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The worriers cite some worrisome trends.@@@@1@6@@oe@2-2-2013
21389006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@During the almost seven-year-old economic expansion, inflation-adjusted gross national product, disposable personal income and personal consumption expenditures have risen 30%, but inflation-adjusted consumer installment credit has surged 66%.@@@@1@28@@oe@2-2-2013
21389007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And the ratio of installment debt to disposable personal income -- personal income after taxes -- has hit a high of about 18 1/2%.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21389008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@However, these figures don't seem to worry Thomas A. Durkin, an economist at the Federal Reserve Board.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21389009@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In a paper presented at the recent annual meeting of the National Association of Business Economists in San Francisco, Mr. Durkin comments that "installment credit always grows rapidly in cyclical advances, and growth in this cycle is very typical of earlier experiences."@@@@1@42@@oe@2-2-2013
21389010@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He adds: "We are now witnessing a slowdown which, if history is a guide, could persist for a while."@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21389011@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But what about the debt burden?@@@@1@6@@oe@2-2-2013
21389012@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Durkin doubts that "there is some magic level" at which the ratio of installment debt to disposable income "indicates economic problems."@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21389013@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And, "more importantly," he says, "the debt burden measured other ways is not really in uncharted waters."@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21389014@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The chart below shows why (see accompanying illustration -- WSJ Oct. 23, 1989).@@@@1@13@@oe@2-2-2013
21389015@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The ratio of consumer installment credit to disposable income, though up a bit, hasn't climbed steeply, and such debt as a percent of household assets is little changed.@@@@1@28@@oe@2-2-2013
21389016@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Moreover, the burden of consumer credit payments relative to disposable income may be "lower in this cycle than earlier," Mr. Durkin says.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21389017@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He notes that some "revolving credit-card credit is actually convenience credit" being used simply as a handy way of paying bills rather than a handy way of borrowing.@@@@1@28@@oe@2-2-2013
21389018@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In addition, he says, "longer maturities on automobile and other forms of installment credit boost the stock of debt faster than the flow of repayments and the accompanying payment burden."@@@@1@30@@oe@2-2-2013
21389019@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And if you "consider the changing distribution of credit," Mr. Durkin says, "much of the increase in debt in recent years is due to increasing credit use by higher-income families," that is, "those probably best able to handle it."@@@@1@39@@oe@2-2-2013
21389020@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Citing figures on home-equity loans, he notes that "11% of homeowners had home-equity credit accounts, but the proportion rises to 16% of homeowners in the $45,000-$60,000 income range and 23% of homeowners with income above $60,000."@@@@1@36@@oe@2-2-2013
21389021@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And much home-equity credit is used conservatively.@@@@1@7@@oe@2-2-2013
21389022@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"The most frequent use is home improvement, which presumably improves the value of the property," Mr. Durkin says.@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21389023@unknown@formal@none@1@S@So, it isn't surprising that consumer-credit delinquencies at banks remain, as the chart shows, reassuringly below some earlier highs (see accompanying illustration -- WSJ Oct. 23, 1989).@@@@1@27@@oe@2-2-2013
21389024@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A severe recession could, of course, raise delinquency rates, but so far the current levels of consumer debt don't seem to loom as a major threat.@@@@1@26@@oe@2-2-2013
21389025@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In fact, the current weakness in auto buying and department-store sales and the gradual upturn in the household saving rate suggest that consumers, conservative as ever, are already clutching their purses a bit more tightly.@@@@1@35@@oe@2-2-2013
21389026@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In July, consumer installment credit outstanding fell for the first time since January 1987.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21389027@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Consumers appear unwilling to add to their leverage to support their spending," Bruce Steinberg, a Merrill Lynch economist, says.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21389028@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"As a result, household debt appears to be stabilizing at around 63% of GNP."@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21389029@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Consumers, credit cards in hand, aren't running amok through the shopping malls -- or putting the economy at any great risk.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21390001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Maidenform Inc. loves to be intimate with its customers, but not with the rest of the public.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21390002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The 67-year-old maker of brassieres, panties, and lingerie enjoys one of the best-known brand images, but its financial profile is closely guarded by members of the founding family.@@@@1@28@@oe@2-2-2013
21390003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"There are very few companies that can boast of such a close-knit group," says Robert A. Brawer, 52 years old, recently named president, succeeding Beatrice Coleman, his mother-in-law, who remains chairman.@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21390004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"We are a vanishing breed," he muses.@@@@1@7@@oe@2-2-2013
21390005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mrs. Coleman, 73, who declined to be interviewed, is the Maidenform strategist.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21390006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Sales have tripled during her 21-year tenure to about $200 million in 1988.@@@@1@13@@oe@2-2-2013
21390007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Maidenform says it is very profitable but declines to provide specifics.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21390008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The company sells image.@@@@1@4@@oe@2-2-2013
21390009@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Its current ad campaign, on which Maidenform has spent more than $15 million since fall 1987, doesn't even show its underwear products, but rather men like Christopher Reeve, star of the "Superman" movies, talking about their lingerie turn-ons.@@@@1@38@@oe@2-2-2013
21390010@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The Maidenform name "is part of American pop culture," says Joan Sinopoli, account supervisor of the campaign by Levine, Huntley, Schmidt & Beaver, a New York ad firm.@@@@1@28@@oe@2-2-2013
21390011@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Maidenform generated such memorable campaigns as "I dreamed I . . . in my Maidenform bra," and "The Maidenform woman.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21390012@unknown@formal@none@1@S@You never know where she'll turn up."@@@@1@7@@oe@2-2-2013
21390013@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Capitalizing on the brand is key," says Mr. Brawer, whose immediate plans include further international expansion and getting better control of distribution outside the U.S.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21390014@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"The intimate apparel industry is perceived to be a growth industry and clearly {Maidenform} is a force to be reckoned with," says David S. Leibowitz, a special situations analyst at American Securities Corp. in New York.@@@@1@36@@oe@2-2-2013
21390015@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Although working women are "forced to wear the uniform of the day, to retain their femininity they are buying better quality, more upscale intimate apparel," he said.@@@@1@27@@oe@2-2-2013
21390016@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Although Mr. Brawer's appointment as president was long expected, the move on Sept. 25 precipitated the resignation of Alan Lesk as senior vice president of sales and merchandising.@@@@1@28@@oe@2-2-2013
21390017@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Three days later, Mr. Lesk was named president and chief executive officer of Olga Co., a competing intimate apparel division of Warnaco Inc.@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21390018@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Warnaco also owns Warners, another major intimate apparel maker.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21390019@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Lesk couldn't be reached to comment.@@@@1@7@@oe@2-2-2013
21390020@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But Maidenform officials say that after spending 24 years at Maidenform, Mr. Lesk, 48, made it clear he wanted the top job.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21390021@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"If you want the presidency of the company, this isn't the firm to work for," says James Mogan, 45, who was named senior vice president of sales, assuming some of the responsibilities of Mr. Lesk.@@@@1@35@@oe@2-2-2013
21390022@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The company downplayed the loss of Mr. Lesk and split his merchandising responsibilities among a committee of four people.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21390023@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"My style is less informal," Mr. Brawer says.@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21390024@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Top officers insist Maidenform's greatest strength is its family ownership.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21390025@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"You can't go anywhere in this company and find an organizational chart," one delights.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21390026@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"It is fun competing as a private company," Mr. Brawer says.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21390027@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"You can think long range."@@@@1@5@@oe@2-2-2013
21390028@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Other major players in intimate apparel apparently feel the same way.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21390029@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Warnaco was taken private by Spectrum Group in 1986 for about $487 million.@@@@1@13@@oe@2-2-2013
21390030@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And last year, Playtex Holdings Inc. went private for about $680 million.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21390031@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It was then split into Playtex Apparel Inc., the intimate apparel division, and Playtex Family Products Corp., which makes tampons, hair-care items and other products.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21390032@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Publicly traded VF Corp., which owns Vanity Fair, and Sara Lee Corp., which owns Bali Co., are also strong forces in intimate apparel.@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21390033@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Buy-out offers for Maidenform aren't infrequent, says Executive Vice President David C. Masket, but they aren't taken very seriously.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21390034@unknown@formal@none@1@S@When he gets calls, "I don't even have to consult" with Mrs. Coleman, Mr. Masket says.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21390035@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The company could command a good price in the market.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21390036@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Over the past three and a half years, apparel companies, many of whom have strong brand names, have been bought at about 60% of sales," says Deborah Bronston, Prudential-Bache Securities Inc. apparel analyst.@@@@1@33@@oe@2-2-2013
21390037@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Brawer, along with Mrs. Coleman and her daughter, Elizabeth, an attorney who is vice chairman, are the family members involved in the operations of Maidenform, which employs about 5,000.@@@@1@30@@oe@2-2-2013
21390038@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Brawer's wife, Catherine, and Robert Stroup, Elizabeth's husband, round out the five-member board.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21390039@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Each has an equal vote at the monthly meetings.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21390040@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"We are all very amiable," Mr. Brawer says.@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21390041@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Executives say Mrs. Coleman is very involved in the day-to-day operations, especially product development.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21390042@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In the late 1960s she designed a lightweight stretch bra that boosted sales.@@@@1@13@@oe@2-2-2013
21390043@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Her father, William Rosenthal, designed the then-dress making company's first bra in the 1920s, which he said gave women a "maiden form" compared with the "boyish form" they got from the "flat bandages" used for support at the time.@@@@1@39@@oe@2-2-2013
21390044@unknown@formal@none@1@S@While Mr. Rosenthal introduced new undergarment designs, his wife, Ida, concentrated on sales and other financial matters.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21390045@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The name Maidenform was coined by a third business partner, Enid Bissett.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21390046@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The company has 14 plants and distribution facilities in the U.S., Puerto Rico, other parts of the Caribbean and Ireland.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21390047@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Maidenform products are mainly sold at department stores, but the company has quietly opened a retail store of its own in Omaha, Neb., and has 24 factory outlets, with plans to add more.@@@@1@33@@oe@2-2-2013
21390048@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Before joining Maidenform in 1972, Mr. Brawer, who holds a doctoral degree in English from the University of Chicago, taught at the University of Wisconsin.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21390049@unknown@formal@none@1@S@As a senior vice president, he has headed the company's designer lingerie division, Oscar de la Renta, since its inception in 1988.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21390050@unknown@formal@none@1@S@To maintain exclusivity of that designer line, it isn't labeled with the Maidenform name.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21390051@unknown@formal@none@1@S@While the company has always been family-run, Mr. Brawer isn't the first person to marry into the family and subsequently head Maidenform.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21390052@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mrs. Coleman's husband, Joseph, a physician, succeeded Mrs. Rosenthal as president and served in that post until his death in 1968.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21391001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@China could exhaust its foreign-exchange reserves as early as next year, a Western government report says, unless imports are cut drastically to help narrow the balance-of-payments deficit.@@@@1@27@@oe@2-2-2013
21391002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@According to the report, completed last month, if China's trade gap continues to widen at the pace seen in the first seven months of this year, the reserves would be wiped out either in 1990 or 1991.@@@@1@37@@oe@2-2-2013
21391003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A country is considered financially healthy if its reserves cover three months of its imports.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21391004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The $14 billion of reserves China had in June would cover just that much.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21391005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The report by the Western government, which declines to be identified, concludes that "a near-term foreign-exchange payment problem can be avoided only if import growth drops to below 5% per annum."@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21391006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@According to Chinese customs figures, import growth has slowed in recent months, dropping to 16% in July and 7.1% in August from the year-earlier periods, compared with an average growth rate of 26% in the first half.@@@@1@37@@oe@2-2-2013
21391007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But before import growth slowed, China's buying spree in the first half already had taken its toll on foreign-exchange reserves.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21391008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The $14 billion level in June marked a drop from $19 billion at the end of April.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21391009@unknown@formal@none@1@S@China's last big import binge sent reserves tumbling to $10.6 billion in June 1985 from $16.6 billion the previous September.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21391010@unknown@formal@none@1@S@China might stave off a crisis if it acts as forcefully as it did to arrest the 1985 decline, when Beijing slammed the brakes on foreign-exchange spending and devalued the currency.@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21391011@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But this time, China faces a more difficult battle because of economic forces that have come into play since the Tiananmen Square killings June 4.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21391012@unknown@formal@none@1@S@For example, China's hard-currency income is expected to suffer from the big drop in tourist arrivals since June 4.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21391013@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Revenue from tourism this year is projected to total $1.3 billion, down from $2.2 billion last year.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21391014@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Because of this and the huge trade gap, the deficit in China's current account, which measures trade in goods and services plus certain unilateral transfers of funds, is expected to widen sharply from the $3.8 billion deficit last year.@@@@1@39@@oe@2-2-2013
21391015@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The Western government report suggests a number of scenarios for China's current-account balance, two of which are considered most likely.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21391016@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In one, imports and exports continue to grow at the respective average rates of 25% and 5% recorded during the first seven months, and the current-account deficit widens to $13.1 billion.@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21391017@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In 1985, China had a record deficit of $11.4 billion.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21391018@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The other scenario assumes that Beijing takes effective actions to curb imports in the coming months.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21391019@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In this case, China would still finish the year with a current-account deficit of $8.7 billion, based on projections that imports for all of this year grow 20% and exports 10%.@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21391020@unknown@formal@none@1@S@If China were still on good terms with foreign lenders, it might be able to stem the drain on its foreign-exchange reserves by using some loan funds to offset the current-account deficit.@@@@1@32@@oe@2-2-2013
21391021@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But since June, foreign bankers led by international financial institutions have virtually suspended their new loans to China.@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21391022@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Even if borrowing resumes, commercial bankers aren't expected to lend as much as before.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21391023@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In addition, economists are forecasting a slowdown in foreign direct investments as businessmen become increasingly wary of China's deteriorating political and economic environment.@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21391024@unknown@formal@none@1@S@On top of all this, foreign-debt repayments are expected to peak in 1991 to 1992.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21391025@unknown@formal@none@1@S@With less capital coming in, China's balance of payments would suffer.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21391026@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The Western government report's first scenario assumes a 30% reduction in foreign borrowing and a 5% contraction in foreign direct investment.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21391027@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In the second, foreign borrowing is projected to grow 10% and investment to drop 10%.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21391028@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But in either case, the report says, China's balance of payments would rapidly dry up foreign reserves, which are used to finance the imbalance.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21391029@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In the first scenario, the reserves would be exhausted next year, and in the second they would be wiped out in 1991.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21392001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Roche Holding AG, parent of the Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical group, said its group sales rose 22% in the first nine months of the year to 7.32 billion francs ($4.51 billion).@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21392002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The company reported good gains in all of its divisions.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21392003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Roche also said it expects a "considerable rise" in 1989 group profit from the 641.5 million-franc ($396 million) net in 1988.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21393001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@New Canaan Investments Inc. said it closed the acquisition of Carr-Lowrey Glass Co. from Newell Co., a Freeport, Ill., maker of do-it-yourself home products.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21393002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Terms weren't disclosed.@@@@1@3@@oe@2-2-2013
21393003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Carr-Lowrey, a maker of glass bottles for the cosmetics and toiletries industries, had sales last year of about $40 million.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21393004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@New Canaan Investments is a closely held investment partnership with interests primarily in the packaging industry.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21394001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Ralph Brown was 31,000 feet over Minnesota when both jets on his Falcon 20 flamed out.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21394002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@At 18,000 feet, he says, he and his co-pilot "were looking for an interstate or a cornfield" to land.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21394003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@At 13,000 feet, the engines restarted.@@@@1@6@@oe@2-2-2013
21394004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But knowing that mechanics would probably ground him for repairs, Mr. Brown skipped his stop in nearby Chicago and set course to get his load -- a few hundred parcels -- to the Memphis package-sorting hub on time.@@@@1@38@@oe@2-2-2013
21394005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Had he been a little less gung-ho, "I'd have gotten the thing on the ground and headed for the nearest bar," Mr. Brown says.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21394006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But he flies for Federal Express Corp., perhaps the closest thing in corporate America to the Green Berets.@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21394007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Federal's employees work long hours and seem to thrive on the stress of racing the clock.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21394008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Like Mr. Brown, they sometimes go to surprising lengths to meet that overarching corporate goal: delivering the goods on time.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21394009@unknown@formal@none@1@S@They are a tribute to Federal's management which, since the company's founding 16 years ago, has had its way with its work force -- an unusual feat in the contentious transportation industry.@@@@1@32@@oe@2-2-2013
21394010@unknown@formal@none@1@S@That may soon change.@@@@1@4@@oe@2-2-2013
21394011@unknown@formal@none@1@S@This month, Federal's 2,048 pilots, including some 961 acquired along with Tiger International Inc. in February, will decide whether to elect the powerful Air Line Pilots Association as their bargaining agent.@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21394012@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The election, which would bring the first major union to Federal's U.S. operations, has pitted new hires against devoted veterans such as Mr. Brown.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21394013@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It has also rattled Federal's strongly anti-union management, which is already contending with melding far-flung operations and with falling profits.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21394014@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"A union, sooner or later, has to have an adversary, and it has to have a victory," Frederick W. Smith, Federal's chairman and chief executive, says with disdain.@@@@1@28@@oe@2-2-2013
21394015@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"In our formula, we don't have any losers except the competition."@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21394016@unknown@formal@none@1@S@What managers really fear is that the pro-union movement could spread beyond the pilots.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21394017@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Under federal transportation law, a government mediator is attempting to reconcile the melding of Tiger's job classifications into Federal's.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21394018@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Depending on the outcome, the merged company may face union elections this fall among airplane mechanics, ramp workers, stock clerks and flight dispatchers.@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21394019@unknown@formal@none@1@S@These groups constitute up to 10% of its work force.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21394020@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Unions would have a profound effect on the whole culture of the company," says Bernard La Londe, a professor at Ohio State University at Columbus and a Federal consultant.@@@@1@29@@oe@2-2-2013
21394021@unknown@formal@none@1@S@That culture, carefully crafted by Mr. Smith, leaves little, if any, room for unions.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21394022@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Since founding the company, the charismatic Vietnam vet, who is still only 46 years old, has fostered an ethos of combat.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21394023@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Flights are "missions."@@@@1@3@@oe@2-2-2013
21394024@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Smith's managers have, at times, been called "Ho Chi Minh's Guerrillas."@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21394025@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The Bravo Zulu award, the Navy accolade for a "job well done," is bestowed on Federal's workers who surpass the call of duty.@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21394026@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Competitors are known as the "enemy."@@@@1@6@@oe@2-2-2013
21394027@unknown@formal@none@1@S@To reinforce employees' dedication, Mr. Smith pays well.@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21394028@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He also lets workers vent steam through an elaborate grievance procedure and, as a perk, fly free in empty cockpit seats.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21394029@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He gives pep talks in periodic "family briefings" beamed internationally on "FXTV," the company's own television network.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21394030@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And, with many of his 70,000 workers, Mr. Smith's damn-the-torpedoes attitude has caught on.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21394031@unknown@formal@none@1@S@James Cleveland, a courier who earned a Bravo Zulu for figuring out how to get a major customer's 1,100-parcel-a-week load to its doorstep by 8 a.m., considers himself far more than a courier.@@@@1@33@@oe@2-2-2013
21394032@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"We don't just hand the customer the package.@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21394033@unknown@formal@none@1@S@That's just the beginning," he says.@@@@1@6@@oe@2-2-2013
21394034@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"In essence, we run the show."@@@@1@6@@oe@2-2-2013
21394035@unknown@formal@none@1@S@David Sanders, a longtime pilot, bristles at the mere suggestion that a union might tamper with his flight schedule.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21394036@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"This is America," he says.@@@@1@5@@oe@2-2-2013
21394037@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Nobody has the right to tell me how much I can work."@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21394038@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Such attitudes have given Federal flexibility, not only to rapidly implement new technology but to keep its work force extraordinarily lean.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21394039@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The company deliberately understaffs, stretching employees' schedules to the limit.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21394040@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But though couriers work as many as 60 hours a week during the autumn rush, they leave early during slack times while still being assured of a minimum paycheck.@@@@1@29@@oe@2-2-2013
21394041@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Pilots, as well, routinely fly overtime to ensure that none are furloughed during seasonal lows.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21394042@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The operational freedom has also given Federal a leg up on archrival United Parcel Service Inc., the nation's largest employer of United Brotherhood of Teamsters members.@@@@1@26@@oe@2-2-2013
21394043@unknown@formal@none@1@S@UPS won't discuss its labor practices, but, according to Mr. Cleveland, a former UPS employee, and others, union work rules prohibit UPS drivers from doing more than carrying packages between customers and their vans.@@@@1@34@@oe@2-2-2013
21394044@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Because UPS drivers aren't permitted to load their own vehicles at the depot, say these couriers, packages often get buried in the load and are delivered late.@@@@1@27@@oe@2-2-2013
21394045@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Labor problems are the last thing Mr. Smith needs right now.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21394046@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Although the Tiger acquisition has brought Federal a long way toward becoming the global player it wants to be, it also has brought problems.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21394047@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It more than doubled Federal's long-term debt to $1.9 billion, thrust the company into unknown territory -- heavy cargo -- and suddenly expanded its landing rights to 21 countries from four.@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21394048@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Federal, on its own, hadn't been doing very well overseas.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21394049@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It had hemorrhaged in its attempt to get into Asia, where treaty restrictions forced it to fly some planes half-empty on certain routes.@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21394050@unknown@formal@none@1@S@On routes to South America, the company had no backup jets to ensure delivery when planes were grounded.@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21394051@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In Europe, business suffered as Federal bought several local companies, only to have the managers quit.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21394052@unknown@formal@none@1@S@These and other problems squeezed Federal's profit margins last year to 8%, down from more than 13% annually in the first half of the decade.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21394053@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Earnings have plummeted, too, in each of the past three quarters.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21394054@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In the fiscal first period ended Aug. 31, profit fell 54% to $30.4 million, or 58 cents a share, mostly because of the Tiger merger, Federal says.@@@@1@27@@oe@2-2-2013
21394055@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Federal's stock price, however, has held up well, driven in part by the general run-up of airline stocks, analysts say.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21394056@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Since trading as low as $42.25 a share in May, Federal's shares have rallied as high as $57.87 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21394057@unknown@formal@none@1@S@They closed Friday at $53.25, down 50 cents on the day.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21394058@unknown@formal@none@1@S@There's a certain irony in the fact that Federal Express faces its first union problems as a result of its Tiger purchase.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21394059@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Tiger itself was founded by a band of gungho airmen who had airlifted supplies "over the Hump" from India to China during World War II.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21394060@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In the early 1970s, Mr. Smith modeled his fledgling company on Tiger's innovation of hub-and-spoke and containerized-cargo operations.@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21394061@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But from early on, Tiger's workers unionized, while Federal's never have.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21394062@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Federal Express officials acknowledge mistakes in their drive overseas but say it will pay off eventually.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21394063@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Analysts expect Federal's earnings to improve again in its fiscal third quarter ending Feb. 28, when the company should begin benefiting from Tiger's extra flights, back-up planes and landing rights.@@@@1@30@@oe@2-2-2013
21394064@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Until then, they expect the cost of integrating the two carriers to continue crimping profits.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21394065@unknown@formal@none@1@S@For now, the union issue is the most nettlesome of Federal's Tiger problems, management believes.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21394066@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Although encouraging dialogue between managers and workers, Mr. Smith doesn't countenance what he considers insubordination.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21394067@unknown@formal@none@1@S@When a large group of pilots once signed petitions opposing work-rule and compensation changes, he called a meeting in a company hangar and dressed them down for challenging his authority.@@@@1@30@@oe@2-2-2013
21394068@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He then made most of the changes, pilots say.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21394069@unknown@formal@none@1@S@That sort of approach, however, hasn't worked since the addition of Tiger.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21394070@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Its 6,500 workers, who had battled Tiger's management for years over givebacks, were union members until the day of the merger, when most of their unions were automatically decertified.@@@@1@29@@oe@2-2-2013
21394071@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Soon after the merger, moreover, Federal's management asked Tiger's pilots to sign an agreement stating that they could be fired any time, without cause or notice.@@@@1@26@@oe@2-2-2013
21394072@unknown@formal@none@1@S@When the pilots refused, the company retracted it.@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21394073@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Smith angered Federal's pilots, too.@@@@1@6@@oe@2-2-2013
21394074@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In his haste to seal the deal with Tiger Chairman Saul Steinberg last August, Mr. Smith ignored a promise that he had made to his own pilots three years ago: that any fliers acquired in future mergers would be "end-tailed" -- put at the bottom of the pilot seniority list that determines work schedules, pay and career options.@@@@1@58@@oe@2-2-2013
21394075@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The Tiger merger agreement stipulated that the lists be combined on the basis of tenure.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21394076@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Smith is trying hard to allay the anger.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21394077@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And even some pro-union pilots say his charisma and popularity among the many former military fliers could be tough to beat.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21394078@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"A lot of people are identifying a vote for representation as a vote against Fred Smith," says J.X. Gollich, a Tiger-turned-Federal pilot and union activist.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21394079@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Smith and other top Federal executives have met with Tiger workers in Los Angeles, Ohio, New York, Alaska, Asia and Europe.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21394080@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Recently, they have appeared every few weeks in talk-show type videos, countering pro-union arguments.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21394081@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In one video, Mr. Smith defended his agreement to merge the pilot-seniority lists.@@@@1@13@@oe@2-2-2013
21394082@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He said Mr. Steinberg had insisted that the merger talks move quickly.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21394083@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Regulators, as well, might have quashed the deal if Tiger's pilots hadn't been protected, he said.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21394084@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Furthermore, Mr. Smith added, "our contract with our pilots says that we will manage our fleet operations with their advice.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21394085@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It doesn't give any particular group the ability to veto change."@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21394086@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Already, the fight has been costly.@@@@1@6@@oe@2-2-2013
21394087@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The seniority-list controversy, along with the job-classification dispute, has been turned over to the mediator.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21394088@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Meanwhile, the company is operating with two separate pilot groups and seniority lists, and that is costing Federal "a big number," says James Barksdale, executive vice president and chief operating officer.@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21394089@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The issue has also cost Federal management a lot of good will among its old pilots.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21394090@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"They were willing to mistreat us because we hadn't shown any moxie, any resistance," says William Queenan, a DC-10 pilot and 14-year Federal veteran.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21394091@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Adds John Poag, a 727 captain and past chairman of the company-sponsored Flight Advisory Board: "They've made all these magnanimous gestures to the Flying Tiger pilots, and for us, nothing."@@@@1@30@@oe@2-2-2013
21394092@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Such animosity could prove pivotal in the union vote.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21394093@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A large majority of the 961 former Tiger fliers support the union, according to a union study.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21394094@unknown@formal@none@1@S@But though most of the 1,087 Federal pilots are believed opposed, it is unclear just how much their loyalty to Mr. Smith has been eroded.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21394095@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The fight has turned ugly and, among pilots at least, has shattered the esprit de corps that Mr. Smith worked so hard to build.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21394096@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Anti-union pilots have held ballot-burning parties.@@@@1@6@@oe@2-2-2013
21394097@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Some younger pilots say they have had to endure anti-union harangues by senior pilots while flying across the country.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21394098@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And for now, at least, the competition isn't the only enemy.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21394099@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Barney Barnhardt, a 727 captain and leader of the pro-union forces, said he has received two anonymous death threats and been challenged to a fight with tire irons by a colleague.@@@@1@31@@oe@2-2-2013
21394100@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"The pilots are either for us or extremely against us," he says with a sigh.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21395001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Harsco Corp. said it obtained a $33.1 million export order for armored recovery vehicles and related support equipment.@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21395002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Harsco declined to say what country placed the order.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21395003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The company said it received an order for 23 of the vehicles, which retrieve tanks and other heavy-tracked vehicles when they break down or are damaged, and an option for 16 more.@@@@1@32@@oe@2-2-2013
21395004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Delivery is to begin in early 1991.@@@@1@7@@oe@2-2-2013
21395005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Harsco produces products for defense, industrial, commercial and construction markets.@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21396001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Alcee Hastings of Florida of eight impeachment articles, removing the 53-year-old judge from his $89,500-a-year, lifetime job.@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21396002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Hastings's case was particularly nettlesome because it marked the first time a federal official was impeached and removed from office on charges of which a jury had acquitted him.@@@@1@30@@oe@2-2-2013
21396003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In 1983, Mr. Hastings was found not guilty of accepting a $150,000 bribe in a case before him, the central charge on which the Senate convicted him.@@@@1@27@@oe@2-2-2013
21396004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He was only the sixth federal judge ever ousted from office after an impeachment trial.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21396005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@With no floor debate, the Senate on Friday voted 69-26 to convict Mr. Hastings of perjury and conspiring to accept a bribe, five votes more than needed.@@@@1@27@@oe@2-2-2013
21396006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Conviction on any single impeachment article was enough to remove Judge Hastings from office.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21396007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He was found not guilty of three charges, involving accusations that he had improperly disclosed information about a sensitive, government investigation.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21396008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The Senate didn't vote on six lesser charges.@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21396009@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Although Mr. Hastings had been acquitted by a jury, lawmakers handling the prosecution in Congress had argued that the purpose of impeachment isn't to punish an individual.@@@@1@27@@oe@2-2-2013
21396010@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Instead, they argued that impeachment aims to protect public institutions from people who have abused their positions of trust, irrespective of the outcome of prior criminal or civil cases.@@@@1@29@@oe@2-2-2013
21396011@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Hastings faced the senators and sat impassively during the first two roll-call votes, then quickly left the chamber.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21396012@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In an impromptu news conference on the Capitol steps, he denounced the senators' action.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21396013@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Their opinion is devoid of the wisdom of the forefathers' teaching regarding impeachment," Mr. Hastings said.@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21396014@unknown@formal@none@1@S@For the future, he said he would run for governor of Florida.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21396015@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Hastings was appointed to the federal bench by President Carter in 1979 and was one of the few black federal judges in the country.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21396016@unknown@formal@none@1@S@While he packed the Senate gallery with his supporters during some of the impeachment trial, most civil rights groups kept their distance from his case.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21396017@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Following the impeachment conviction, Dr. Benjamin Hooks, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, issued a restrained statement, warning that the Hastings case could set a "dangerous precedent," but adding, "We must respect the considered judgment of the Senate.@@@@1@44@@oe@2-2-2013
21397001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@When last we left him, FBI Agent Nick Mancuso had solved a murder mystery, unraveled a Washington political scandal, and racked up some pretty good ratings numbers in the miniseries "Favorite Son."@@@@1@32@@oe@2-2-2013
21397002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@What next for the crusty FBI agent with the heart of gold?@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21397003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A spinoff series, of course.@@@@1@5@@oe@2-2-2013
21397004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@There are plenty of worse inspirations for shows -- and most of them had already made the fall lineup:@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21397005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@a nun raising some lovable orphans.@@@@1@6@@oe@2-2-2013
21397006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A den mother raising some lovable teen models.@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21397007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@A bunch of tans and bathing suits posing as lovable lifeguards.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21397008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In that context, Robert Loggia's riveting performance as the unlovable -- even crotchety -- veteran agent seems a better franchise for a series than most.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21397009@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Week by week on "Mancuso FBI" (NBC, Fridays, 10 p.m. ET), he pokes around the crime styles of the rich, famous and powerful of the Washington scene -- a loose cannon on deck at the FBI.@@@@1@36@@oe@2-2-2013
21397010@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Over the first few weeks, "Mancuso FBI" has sprung straight from the headlines, which is either a commendable stab at topicality, or a lack of imagination, or both.@@@@1@28@@oe@2-2-2013
21397011@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The opening show featured a secretary of defense designate accused of womanizing (a la John Tower).@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21397012@unknown@formal@none@1@S@When his secretary is found floating dead in the pol's pool, Mancuso is called in to investigate.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21397013@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Last week, a young black girl claimed she had been raped by a white police officer (a la Tawana Brawley).@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21397014@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In this week's show, there's an unsafe nuclear weaponsmaking facility (a la Rocky Flats).@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21397015@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Along the way, we're introduced to the supporting cast: a blond bombshell secretary (Randi Brazen -- her real name, honest), a scheming young boss (Fredric Lehne), another blonde bombshell who's also an idealistic lawyer (Lindsay Frost), and a forensics expert (Charles Siebert).@@@@1@42@@oe@2-2-2013
21397016@unknown@formal@none@1@S@If all of this seems a little stale, it's redeemed in part by some tricky plot twists:@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21397017@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The usual suspects are found to be guilty, then not guilty, then guilty -- but of a different crime.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21397018@unknown@formal@none@1@S@(In last week's rape case, for example, the girl turns out to have been a victim of incest, and the biggest villains are the politicians who exploit the case.)@@@@1@29@@oe@2-2-2013
21397019@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Most of all though, the show is redeemed by the character of Mancuso.@@@@1@13@@oe@2-2-2013
21397020@unknown@formal@none@1@S@What makes the veteran FBI man so endearing is his hard-bitten cynicism -- earned, we discover, when he was assigned to the civil rights movement back in the 1960s.@@@@1@29@@oe@2-2-2013
21397021@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He wasn't protecting the Freedom Marchers; he was tailing them as subversives.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21397022@unknown@formal@none@1@S@This is not the "Mississippi Burning" scenario that thrills his young colleagues: "Kid, you've been reading Classic Comics too long," Mancuso says.@@@@1@22@@oe@2-2-2013
21397023@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Back in 1964, the FBI had five black agents.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21397024@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Three were chauffeurs for J. Edgar Hoover, and two cleaned his house."@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21397025@unknown@formal@none@1@S@At the core of Mr. Loggia's Mancuso is his world-weary truculence.@@@@1@11@@oe@2-2-2013
21397026@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He describes a reporter as "Miss First Amendment."@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21397027@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He describes a drowned corpse as "Esther Williams."@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21397028@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And when he's told "Try a little tenderness," he shoots back "I'm going home to try a little linguine."@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21397029@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Yet for all his cynicism, he's at heart a closet idealist, a softy with a secret crush on truth, justice and the American Way.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21397030@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He's the kind of guy who rescues trampled flags.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21397031@unknown@formal@none@1@S@If "Mancuso FBI" has an intriguing central character, it also has a major flaw:@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21397032@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It's wildly overwritten.@@@@1@3@@oe@2-2-2013
21397033@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Executive Producers Steve Sohmer and Jeff Bleckner (and writer/producers Ken Solarz and Steve Bello) have revved this show up to the breaking point.@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21397034@unknown@formal@none@1@S@To start, there's always a crisis -- and someone always worries, "What if the press gets a hold of this?"@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21397035@unknown@formal@none@1@S@At least once an episode we see protestors marching around screaming slogans.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21397036@unknown@formal@none@1@S@At least once Mancuso's boss yells "In here -- now," and proceeds to dress his investigator down:@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21397037@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"You are a dinosaur . . . a hangover in a $10 suit . . .@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21397038@unknown@formal@none@1@S@One more word and you are out on a park bench, mister."@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21397039@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Finally, of course, the boss gives in, but he's still yelling: "I find myself explaining anything to Teddy Kennedy, you'll be chasing stolen cars in Anchorage."@@@@1@26@@oe@2-2-2013
21397040@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In fact, throughout "Mancuso FBI," we don't get words or lines -- we get speeches.@@@@1@15@@oe@2-2-2013
21397041@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Witnesses shout, scream, pontificate: ". . . a dream that the planet could be saved from itself and from the sadistic dumb creatures who try to tear down every decent man who raises his voice."@@@@1@35@@oe@2-2-2013
21397042@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And Mancuso himself is investigating at the top of his lungs: "How the hell can you live with yourself?" he erupts at a politician.@@@@1@24@@oe@2-2-2013
21397043@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"You twist people's trust.@@@@1@4@@oe@2-2-2013
21397044@unknown@formal@none@1@S@You built your career on prejudice and hate.@@@@1@8@@oe@2-2-2013
21397045@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The scars will be here years after the polls close."@@@@1@10@@oe@2-2-2013
21397046@unknown@formal@none@1@S@In each show, Mancuso gets to unleash similar harangues:@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21397047@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"Where the hell are they gonna live when people like you turn the world into a big toxic waste dump?@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21397048@unknown@formal@none@1@S@You're the real criminal here . . . and what you did wasn't just a murder -- it was a crime against humanity."@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21397049@unknown@formal@none@1@S@And, at least once a show, someone delivers the line "Get off that soapbox."@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21397050@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Now that's advice the writers should take to heart.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21397051@unknown@formal@none@1@S@They have a series with a good character, some interesting, even occasionally surprising plot lines, and they're ruining it.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21397052@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Why, when a key witness disappears, does Mancuso trash her apartment, tearing down drapes, smashing walls?@@@@1@16@@oe@2-2-2013
21397053@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It's a bizarre and totally inappropriate reaction, all to add more pizzazz to a script that's already overdosing on pizzazz.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21397054@unknown@formal@none@1@S@That's not plot.@@@@1@3@@oe@2-2-2013
21397055@unknown@formal@none@1@S@That's not character.@@@@1@3@@oe@2-2-2013
21397056@unknown@formal@none@1@S@That's hyperventilating.@@@@1@2@@oe@2-2-2013
21397057@unknown@formal@none@1@S@There is a scene at the end of the first week's show where Mancuso attends the unveiling of the memorial to his dead partner David.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21397058@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Asked to say a few words, he pulls out his crumpled piece of paper and tries to talk, but he's too choked up to get the words out.@@@@1@28@@oe@2-2-2013
21397059@unknown@formal@none@1@S@He bangs on the piece of paper in frustration, then turns and walks away.@@@@1@14@@oe@2-2-2013
21397060@unknown@formal@none@1@S@It was a profoundly moving moment for series television, and Robert Loggia's acting resonated in the silence.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21397061@unknown@formal@none@1@S@There's a pretty good program inside all the noise of "Mancuso FBI."@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21397062@unknown@formal@none@1@S@If the show's creators could just let themselves be quiet for a little, they might just hear it.@@@@1@18@@oe@2-2-2013
21398001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@With a Twist of the Wrist Boys with tops, and Frisbee tossers, And P.R. types with bees in their bonnet, Have a goal in common, all of them try To put the right spin on it.@@@@1@36@@oe@2-2-2013
21398002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@-- George O. Ludcke.@@@@1@4@@oe@2-2-2013
21398003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Net Gain@@@@1@2@@oe@2-2-2013
21398004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Investment letters now abound, I really like to read them; If I peruse enough, I've found I've no time left to heed them!@@@@1@23@@oe@2-2-2013
21398005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@-- Bern Sharfman.@@@@1@3@@oe@2-2-2013
21398006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Daffynition@@@@1@1@@oe@2-2-2013
21398007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@TV evangelist: salesparson.@@@@1@3@@oe@2-2-2013
21398008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@-- Marguerite Whitley May.@@@@1@4@@oe@2-2-2013
21399001@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Texaco Inc. has purchased an oil-producing company in Texas for $476.5 million, its first major acquisition since its legal brawl with Pennzoil Co. began more than four years ago.@@@@1@29@@oe@2-2-2013
21399002@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The White Plains, N.Y., oil company said Friday that it had acquired Tana Production Corp., a subsidiary of TRT Energy Holdings Inc., for $95.1 million in cash, with the rest to be paid in shares of a new, non-voting issue of preferred stock.@@@@1@43@@oe@2-2-2013
21399003@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Tana, which holds properties in 17 oil and gas fields in south Texas, will provide Texaco with mostly gas reserves.@@@@1@20@@oe@2-2-2013
21399004@unknown@formal@none@1@S@The fields contain recoverable reserves of 435 billion cubic feet of natural gas and four million barrels of oil.@@@@1@19@@oe@2-2-2013
21399005@unknown@formal@none@1@S@"This acquisition is another indication of Texaco's commitment to increase the company's reserve base," said Chief Executive Officer James W. Kinnear.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21399006@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Texaco has also been attempting to sell oil properties.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21399007@unknown@formal@none@1@S@At least two years ago, the company put 60 million barrels of oil reserves on the block.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21399008@unknown@formal@none@1@S@They were either too small or uneconomic to maintain, the company said.@@@@1@12@@oe@2-2-2013
21399009@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Not all of those parcels have yet been sold.@@@@1@9@@oe@2-2-2013
21399010@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Texaco acquired Tana before it completed those sales because Tana's properties are high quality and near other fields Texaco already owns, a company spokeswoman said.@@@@1@25@@oe@2-2-2013
21399011@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Texaco, like many other oil companies, has been struggling to replace its falling oil and gas reserves.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21399012@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Texaco's situation had become particularly complex because much of its effort had for years been focused on its brawl with Pennzoil and then on New York investor Carl C. Icahn's attempt to take over the company.@@@@1@36@@oe@2-2-2013
21399013@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Pennzoil had sued Texaco for improperly interfering with its acquisition of a portion of Getty Oil Co.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013
21399014@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Eventually, Texaco, which was forced into bankruptcy proceedings by that litigation, settled its fight with Pennzoil for $3 billion in 1986.@@@@1@21@@oe@2-2-2013
21399015@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Mr. Icahn, who played a key role in the settlement and attempted subsequently to take control of the company, sold his stake in Texaco just last summer.@@@@1@27@@oe@2-2-2013
21399016@unknown@formal@none@1@S@Completion of Texaco's acquisition of Tana is subject to government approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.@@@@1@17@@oe@2-2-2013