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...moment, takeovers have become a perilous pursuit. Many deals in progress when the crash hit have been scuttled or are in jeopardy because the original bids seem absurdly high after the drop in stock prices. Dart Group, a retail conglomerate controlled by Washington's Haft family, dropped its $68-a- share bid for the Dayton-Hudson department-store chain when the target company's shares fell to $30. Hong Kong-based Jardine Strategic Holdings called off a $390 million bid to buy a 20% interest in Bear Stearns when shares of the Wall Street firm plummeted from...
...partly-finished papers rest on the table. Our eyes dart back and forth, unwilling to assume the academic guise so soon after leaving the computer. This is our time, we say, our break. We shouldn't have to think about work...
...Dart--FG Romero...
This tends to take bystanders by surprise, prompting comments such as, "Oh, how odd!" To this I quickly kiss them full on the lips like Bugs Bunny would (so our joined mouths stretch a full two feet between us), and I dart happily from the dorm in a hurried search for catharsis before I explode with joy. My studies have ended for the evening...
...teams have relocated nearly 240 animals to safer game reserves and fenced-in ranches. On one recent morning, Warden Clem Coetsee, head of the capture unit, set out with his men to bag their 75th rhino of the three-month dry-weather capturing season. Armed with a heavy darting rifle loaded with nerve-blocking tranquilizer, he spotted a rhino cow, moved into range and took careful aim. The dart hit the beast's shoulder with a thwack. She snorted in alarm, thundered off and collapsed twelve minutes later...