Ferguson was thought to be upset that Dean, having already booked Michael Turner, did not send the Hull defender off when he up-ended Michael Carrick in the second half.

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Even before Mr Purcell stepped down, many thought that Morgan Stanley should jettison much of the Dean Witter empire, particularly the Discover Card division and shortly before his departure he began bowing to this pressure, announcing that Discover would be sold.

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He was said to have been giddy at the thought of going up against the anti-war former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, who at one time looked as though he would be the Democrat candidate.

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