POWERS OF ATTORNEY

                                                                      Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Zapata Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"),  intends
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended (the "Act"),  an annual  report of
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 (the "Form 10-K") pursuant
to  the  Act  of  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Commission  promulgated
thereunder;

     NOW, THEREFORE,  the undersigned in the capacity of a director,  officer or
both a director  and  officer of the  Company,  as the case may be,  does hereby
appoint Leonard DiSalvo as his true and lawful attorney or attorney-in-fact with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and
stead,  in his  capacity as director,  officer or both,  as the case may be, the
Form  10-K and any and all  documents  necessary  or  incidental  in  connection
therewith,  including,  without limitation, any amendments to the Form 10-K, and
to file the same with the  Commission.  Said  attorney-in  fact  shall have full
power  and  authority  to do and  perform  in the  name  and  on  behalf  of the
undersigned  in any  and all  capacities,  every  act  whatsoever  necessary  or
desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned  might or could do in person,  the undersigned  hereby ratifying
and  confirming  the acts  that  said  attorney-in-fact  or his  substitutes  or
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the 30th day of March, 2001.

                                                  /s/ AVRAM A. GLAZER
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                                                  Avram A. Glazer

                                                  /s/ WARREN H. GFELLER
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                                                  Warren H. Gfeller

                                                  /s/ BRYAN G. GLAZER
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                                                  Bryan G. Glazer

                                                  /s/ EDWARD S. GLAZER
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                                                  Edward S. Glazer

                                                  /s/ MALCOLM I. GLAZER
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                                                  Malcolm I. Glazer

                                                  /s/ ROBERT V. LEFFLER, JR.
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                                                  Robert V. Leffler, Jr.