Word: chicago
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...when Johnson and KKR began publicly brawling over a possible joint bid. Angered by the spectacle, the directors called for outside offers. KKR, headed by Kravis and his cousin George Roberts, 45, made its own bid, and so did a team composed of the First Boston investment firm and Chicago's billionaire Pritzker family. The Pritzkers topped the first round of bidding with a preliminary offer of $27 billion, or about $118 a share for RJR stock that had traded for just $56 on the eve of the battle. The Johnson group boosted its offer to $100 a share while...
That is scant comfort to millions of Americans who are facing heftier payments on loans. Harold Goldberg of Chicago, a 52-year-old accountant who last year took out a $20,000 home-equity loan, estimates that his monthly repayment will rise $40 this month, to $183. Says he: "I'm just grateful that I didn't borrow any more than...
...Connor of the A.C.L.U. So far, three federal appellate panels have held that creches not "subsumed by a larger display" of secular items are not permissible at city hall. But another federal court ruled that a creche can stand alone on land deemed to be a "public forum." In Chicago last month, a judge decided that no more than three religious symbols at a time may be exhibited at the Daley Center Plaza, and for no longer than 14 days. Complains Allegheny County attorney George Janocsko: "The cases are elevating trifling details and making them matters of constitutional significance...
...hustler from Chicago," said George Bush of Jesse Jackson during the campaign. A man not "morally fit to lead the nation," suggested Jackson of Bush...
...Duffy, Glenn Garelik, Dan Goodgame, Ted Gup, Jerry Hannifin, Steven Holmes, Richard Hornik, Jay Peterzell, Elaine Shannon, Alessandra Stanley, Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver New York: Bonnie Angelo, Joelle Attinger, Eugene Linden, Thomas McCarroll, Raji Samghabadi, Janice C. Simpson, Martha Smilgis, Wayne Svoboda Boston: Robert Ajemian, Sam Allis, Melissa Ludtke Chicago: Gavin Scott, Barbara Dolan, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: B. Russell Leavitt Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Cristina Garcia Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jonathan Beaty, Scott Brown, Elaine Dutka, S. C. Gwynne, Jeanne McDowell, Michael Riley, James Willwerth, Denise Worrell San Francisco: Paul A. Witteman...