Barbarians at the Gate (96 page)
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Authors: Bryan Burrough,John Helyar
Rozelle, Pete
“running the books,”
Ruttenberg, Derald
Safeway stores
Sage, Andrew G. C., II
Benevento and
Goldstone and
Johnson and
leveraged buyout as viewed by
salary of
at Standard Brands
second round of bidding and
Salem cigarettes
Saliba, Jacob
Salomon Brothers
leveraged buyouts and
in peace talks
Sanford, Charles
Schaeberle, Bob
Schaedler, Bob
Schwarzman, Stephen
Sea-Land
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Seslowe, Jerry
second round of bidding and
Shaw, Bill
Shearson Lehman Hutton
Forstmann Little & Co.’s talks with
Good’s raiders and
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in peace talks with
leveraged buyouts and
Project Stretch and
second round of bidding and
Sheinberg, George
Sheller-Globe
Shepard, Stephen
Shore, Dinah
Siegel, Martin
Simon, Melvin
Simon, William
Simpson, O. J.
Sinatra, Frank
Singer
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Smith, Jane.
See
Roehm, Carolyne
Smithburg, Bill
Smoking.
See also
Cigarettes; Tobacco industry
Smooth ’N Easy
Solomon, Peter
Solow, Mark
Southland Corporation
Spangler, Clemmie Dixon, Jr.
Spatt, Robert
Special committee.
See also specific members
bid consideration meeting of
The First Boston Group and
formation of
Forstmann’s bidding group and
joke bids and
restructuring plan and
second round of bidding and
Spoor, Bill
Sprague, John
Staley Continental
Standard Brands.
See also
Nabisco Brands
Johnson’s transformation of
Nabisco merger with
new products of
veterans of
Weigl’s ouster from
Standard Brands Canada
Starr, Reginald
Stern, James
Sterngold, James
Stern Metals
Sticht, Ferne
Sticht, J. Paul
background and education of
Johnson and
named chairman of RJR Nabisco
ouster of
Spangler and
successor to
Stock
Philip Morris
PIK
RJ Reynolds Industries
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company
RJR Nabisco
restricted
Standard Brands
Standard Brands’ purchase of
Stern Metals
Stock market crash (1987)
Stokes, Colin
Storer Communications
Strauss, Bonnie
Strauss, Thomas
Kravis’s conflict with
in peace talks
Strong, William
Stuart, Scott
Sustana, Ron
Swenson, Gary
T. Eaton
Tax law
Team RJR Nabisco
Tender offer
Terry, Luther
Texaco
Thatcher, Margaret
“This Week with David Brinkley,”
Time
Tobacco industry.
See also
Cigarettes; Philip Morris; RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company
RJR Nabisco’s image connected to
Tombstone advertisements
Tomlinson, Roy
Tonabe, Bunichiro
Travelers
Truesdell, Richard
Trump, Blaine
Trump, Donald
Trump, Ivana
Trustbusting
Ueberroth, Peter
Uneeda Biscuit
Ungeheuer, Frederick
United Airlines
Vantage Pro-Am
Volcker, Paul
Von Arx, Dolph
Wachovia Bank & Trust
Wade, Charley
Wake Forest University
Waldron, Hicks
Wall Street Journal, The
Walter, Jim
Ward, Chuck
Warner, Rawleigh
Wasserstein, Bruce
resignation of
tender offer leak and
tender offer suggested by
Wasserstein Perella & Co.
Wassong, Larry
Waters, Steve
Johnson and
leveraged buyouts and
Watson, Stuart
Webster, Alex
Weigl, Henry
Weill, Sandy
Weinberg, John L.
Weinstock, Davis
Welch, James
Welch, John
Westcott, Jim
Whitaker, John
Williams, J. B.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Wilshire Associates
Wilson, J. Tylee
Horrigan and
Johnson and
Kravis’s talks with
ouster of
process and procedure of
at RJ Reynolds Industries
in RJ Reynolds Industries succession struggle
Wilson, Pat
Winston cigarettes
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem Journal
Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts
Wood, Neil
Zimmerman, Michael
Zipkin, Jerome
Zoeller, Fuzzy
Zuckerman, Howard
Bryan Burrough
and
John Helyar
are former reporters for the
Wall Street Journal
. Bryan Burrough is now a special correspondent for
Vanity Fair
and is also the author of
Dragonfly
and
Vendetta
. He lives in New Jersey. John Helyar is a senior writer for
Fortune
magazine. He is also the author of
Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball
, named on of the top 100 sports books by
Sports Illustrated
. He lives in Atlanta.
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