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Talking Deals: Zapata Accord Seen as Model
[The New York Times] THE $560 million debt restructuring finally worked out earlier this week between the Zapata Corporation and its bank lenders could ultimately prove...
SPORTS WORLD SPECIALS: A New Ball Game
[The New York Times] Southern Methodist University's decision the other day to scrap its football team for a second season in 1988 is only the latest piece of...
F.B.I. Is Reported to be Investigating Threats by Agents
[The New York Times] The Federal Bureau of Investigation has begun investigating alleged incidents of threats and violence involving sports agents and players....
College Football: An S.M.U. Booster’s Story
[The New York Times] He said he had first heard of it in 1971. A classmate asked him if he would contribute to a fund that had been set up to help recruit football...
Students, Faculty Call Ban a Lesson
[The New York Times] With the campus shrouded in a cold mist, it seemed fitting weather this morning at Southern Methodist University as the news spread of the...
Shamrock’s Sliding Fortunes
[The New York Times] Be patient. That is Diamond Shamrock's request to investors as it continues to weigh an unsolicited $2.03 billion takeover bid from the oilman and...
Feeding Fido Is Big Business
[The New York Times] Last year, an estimated $5.4 billion in pet food was sold in America, almost four times more than was spent on baby food. Grocery stores took in...
King of the Country Clubs
[The New York Times] When Robert H. Dedman, the world's largest owner and operator of private clubs, visited the Far East this month, there was one thing he wanted on...