that no one else had, piec- ing together details from multiple sources as he had done SO success- fully in the past. This time, however, his sources failed him. Keller reported that the Greenbrier meeting had been a "showdown" in which Allen had opposed Armstrong's selection. He said that the board had "forced [Allen] out" and had conditioned Armstrong's ap- pointment on his acceptance of John Zeglis as president. He said that Allen had been SO upset that he had commandeered a van that was waiting to shuttle the board members to the airport, leaving them without transportation. I was stunned. I knew that Keller was writing for that morning's edition, but he had never hinted at the tone of his story and he had never asked for comment on the anecdotes. Since I had not been at the Greenbrier, I had no firsthand knowledge of how the meeting ended. I had heard about one incident SO bizarre that it would cer- tainly have been related to Keller by anyone who was actually there. When the AT&T executives in attendance left Allen and the directors alone to discuss the CEO search, a small plane buzzed the resort, trail- ing a banner that read, "Vote for Zeglis." John Zeglis, who was one of the first to see the banner, was apoplectic. "Can there be another Zeglis running for something in rural West Virginia?" he wondered. "Or is this someone's idea of a joke?" Either way, he was not amused, and he hoped the plane returned to crop dusting before the directors emerged. AT&T Security called the FAA and descended on every air- port and farm runway in the region the next day, but the mystery was never solved. I also knew that the idea of appointing Zeglis president had come up in a long telephone conversation that Allen had had with Arm- strong after Elisha told him of the board's decision. Allen had told Armstrong that he wouldn't be surprised if Zeglis were to leave, since he was already being courted by other companies that were looking for a CEO. It was Armstrong's idea to offer the presidency to Zeglis, and if Allen had had 