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...enough of mothers. It wasn't the womb I wanted to escape to. Outside the windows of the steaming, snorting, rolling chunk of industry and metal we call the Commuter Line, the usual stuff was flashing past--you know, telephone poles, lonely decaying buildings, clothes flapping on the line like lost souls. Nothing new. Clouds charged across the sky looking grumpy and muscular--who knew how soon the rain would come? Hell...
Harvard is a major player in the KKR bid, contributing a big chunk on the $2.3 billion downpayment for the takeover of RJR. But as a condition for investing in KKR last year, the University gave up virtually any say of what KKR will do with the money, which is in part our money...
...election year timeliness to Reagan's turnaround and Congress's overwhelming support for the new Cabinet post. In their frenzy to appeal to 27.5 million U.S. veterans, the politicians seem unconcerned that the cost of transforming the V.A. into a Cabinet department will be $9.9 million. The biggest chunk of that cost will go to changing signs on the 532 V.A. buildings...
Even so, the Hafts may come out ahead. In three years they have reaped some $200 million in profits on six failed takeovers -- more than most raiders make by capturing their prey. In most cases, the Hafts quietly bought up a chunk of the target's shares, then sold at a premium after takeover frenzy drove up the price...
...baby boomers and women going to work, two social trends that have just about reached their limit); and by lower investment for future growth. Meanwhile, when foreigners lend us the difference between our anemic investment rate and our even more anemic savings rate, this means that a large chunk of our future prosperity will go to them...