AWAY WE GO: NOW DAN SNYDER IS GOING TO FOCUS ON FOOTBALL

          Redskins Owner DANIEL SNYDER agreed to sell his MD-
     based marketing firm, Snyder Communications, to Havas
     Advertising of France for stock worth "about" $2.1B,
     according to Schneider & Behr of the WASHINGTON POST. 
     Snyder "stands to get more than" $275M worth of Havas stock
     for his 9.4 million shares of Snyder Communications.  Snyder
     said that he will "hold on to the stock and not use it to
     pay down the" the $350M he borrowed to buy the Redskins. 
     Snyder, on whether the deal will allow him more time to
     focus on the football team: "Absolutely.  You can write
     that.  That's what I want, to bring home a Super Bowl trophy
     for the Redskins" (WASHINGTON POST, 2/22).  Also in DC, Eric
     Fisher writes that the image of Snyder's increased role with
     the team "conjures either shouts of joy or cringes,
     depending on your point of view regarding the tumultuous
     seven-month tenure by the 35-year-old owner."  One source
     close to Snyder: "His real passion now is the Redskins. This
     (deal) is not at all a surprise" (WASHINGTON TIMES, 2/22).