Word: benefitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...consolidations disrupt management and force companies to think mainly of short-term profits rather than of how to become more effective competitors in U.S. and foreign markets. Even the short-term run-up in stock value that frequently occurs in merger situations may not be to the long-term benefit of a company, since it may overstate the firm's actual worth. Martin Lipton, a Wall Street lawyer who specializes in helping companies defend themselves against raids, denounces them "as financial transactions for the profit of the takeover entrepreneurs." He adds sharply, "They do not create jobs. They...
These are specific examples of the general outcome of Rawl's theory applied to pornography. Thousand of variations could be constructed, especially on the last situation. And the conclusion will always be roughly the same: A few people will 'benefit' mildly from the veil of ignorance, fewer still will suffer horribly, and the vast majority won't even know the difference. This is not justice...
Liberal Boss Bourassa, who served as Quebec's Premier between 1970 and 1976, did not benefit from his party's prosperity: he was defeated in his home district. A colorless personality, Bourassa was frequently referred to in the Canadian press as "the most unpopular man in Quebec" because of the general perception that his previous administration was incompetent. Having thus lost his own seat in the provincial legislature, the Premier-elect will have to run his victorious party from the public gallery until a Liberal agrees to give up a "safe" seat that he can win in a by-election...
Black unions have been legal in South Africa only since 1979. At first they restricted their activities to work-related issues, and their efforts met with varying success. Last year 40,000 black miners staged their first legal strike and won wage and benefit increases from South Africa's mining companies, which have generally been receptive to reforms. In September, however, the miners' union was forced to suspend a strike after only three days when less conciliatory mine operators threatened to dismiss the strikers and evict them from company-owned housing...
...they pose less of a threat. Zoning would have to be accompanied by strict pedestrian right of way laws to protect the rights of potential umbrella victims. Obviously, such laws would place an added burden on law enforcement authorities, but this cost would be more than justified by the benefit to the public safety...