Whose Voice Is That, Touting What's on TV?
Date: 30 August 1998
By Kenneth Best
Kenneth Best
Profile of and interview with former radio disk jockey Bill Rock of Stratford, Conn, who comments on his current television promotional voice-over work, including NBC News, Meet the Press, Dateline, International Dateline and Weekend Magazine; photo (M)
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Word for Word/Sports Journalism, 1961-62; One for the Records: How The Press Hounded Roger Maris
Date: 30 August 1998
By Alan Schwarz
Alan Schwarz
Excerpts from 1961-62 press attacks on Roger Maris before and after he set major league baseball home run record; photo (M)
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Embraced by the Forgiving, Clinton Talks of Forgiveness
Date: 29 August 1998
By Katharine Q. Seelye
Katharine Seelye
Pres Clinton, surrounded by some of his most ardent supporters, says he he has been wrestling with the process of forgiveness, both as a seeker of it from his family and the nation, and as one who can offer it to his enemies; comments, in speech at Martha's Vineyard ceremony commemorating 35th anniversary of historic civil rights march on Washington, come in wake of criticism that Clinton was not sufficiently contrite in Aug 17 televised address to the nation in which he admitted having relationship with Monica Lewinsky that was 'not appropriate'; chart of Aug 19-20 New York Times/CBS News poll of public opinion, among blacks and whites, of Clinton; photo (M)
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ACCUSTAFF TO SELL STAFFING UNIT TO RANDSTAD
Date: 29 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Accustaff Inc to sell its Strategix Solutions Inc to Randstad Holdings NV for $850 million in cash, ending plan to take unit public (S)
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DUPONT TO BUY SPANDEX BUSINESS IN SOUTH KOREA
Date: 29 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
DuPont Co to buy Tongkook Synthetic Fiber Co's spandex-fiber business in deal valued at $200 million (S)
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PRATT & WHITNEY TO ELIMINATE 900 JOBS IN CANADA
Date: 29 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pratt & Whitney to cut 900 jobs in Canada as it trims research and development efforts (S)
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TEXTRON AUTOMOTIVE UNIT ACQUIRES BRITISH PARTS MAKER
Date: 29 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Textron Inc buys Midland Industrial Plastics of Britain (S)9
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CADENCE DESIGN BUYING BELL LABS UNIT FROM LUCENT
Date: 29 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cadence Design Systems Inc to buy Bell Labs Design Automation Group from Lucent Technologies Inc (S)
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BAY VIEW CAPITAL CANCELS $153 MILLION DEAL FOR PSB
Date: 29 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bay View Capital Corp drops planned $153 million acquisition of PSB Lending Corp; will take $850,000 third-quarter charge to write off certain costs of deal; warns of disappointing earnings (S)
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Carrefour to Buy Rest of Comptoirs
Date: 29 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Carrefour SA, which already owns 23 percent of Comptoirs Modernes, agrees to buy rest of company for cash and stock totaling maximum of 14 billion francs ($2.38 billion) and assume about 1 billion francs in debt; reports first-half profit rose 27 percent, to 1.79 billion francs ($304 million), from 1.41 billion francs in 1997 period (S)
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