NAMES IN THE NEWS : Tisch, Forbes Take on British
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HOUSTON — CBS executive Laurence A. Tisch and publishing mogul Malcolm Forbes are part of a corporate bridge team taking on British parliamentarians as the lords of American finance meet real British nobility.
Sir Peter Emery of London and the selector Duke of Atholl will co-captain the British Parliament team in the Feb. 23 match in London, said Kathy Wei of the American Contract Bridge League.
Wei, one of the top world bridge players, said Wednesday she will be master of ceremonies for the event.
The U.S. team also includes Alan Greenberg and James Cayne, executives of Bear Stearns and Co. Inc.; Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.; George Gillespie III, of the law firm of Cravath, Swaine and Moore; and Milton Petrie, of Petrie Stores.
The Britons include Kenneth Baker, a senior Cabinet member; socialist parliamentarian John Marek; Lord Lever; Lord Smith; and Baroness Sally Oppenheim.
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