Word: buts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"We turned the ball over less than we usually do [23 turnovers]," Delaney Smith added, "and we took some good shots that just wouldn't fall. But we shot very well from three-point range."
Despite subpar shooting, the Crimson played excellent defense, boxed out and held Vermont to only one shot on most possessions. The Cats mounted a series of surges in the second half but sophomore guard Erin Maher's three-point bomb and a key bucket by Springer in the waning minutes...
The battle cry of all raiders is to "maximize shareholder value," but few of them blew the trumpets like Edelman. In 1987 he taught a business course at Columbia University that he aptly dubbed "The Art of War." Edelman offered $100,000 to any student who could find a mismanaged...
Even so, Edelman, 50, has plenty of reasons to hunch. Since 1986 he has launched hostile raids on ten large corporations and nine of the bids have failed, though Edelman has collected some greenmail for quitting the attacks. He managed to capture one of his prey, the Ponderosa restaurant chain...
Edelman got a taste of his own tactics last September, when Manhattan lawyer Martin Ackerman launched a proxy war for Datapoint. Edelman responded by entrenching himself more deeply. In a two-day blitz of stock buying, Edelman boosted his stake from 10% to 40%, largely by purchasing stock with cash...