Word: derailings
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...rain of a tropical depression and an offensive onslaught that focused the spotlight squarely onto the Crimson’s indomitable running game. Only a week later, Brown’s 21-point first-quarter outburst poked significant holes in Murphy’s assurances and threatened to derail Harvard’s push for the Ivy Crown...
...point drubbing of Holy Cross in the 2004 season opener suggested that the promise of yesteryear might be realized in a second go-around, but an unexpected obstacle in week two threatened to derail any dream season. Eager to play the role of spoiler, Brown scored the contest’s first 21 points and rolled into halftime with a comfortable 31-10 lead...
...relentless pace of blockbuster deals is raising profound and disturbing questions. While economists generally praise mergers as good for the economy, many critics voice strong doubts. They charge that even the friendliest consolidations can derail careers, disrupt communities and create unmanageable mountains of debt. Perhaps worst of all, evidence is accumulating that many celebrated past mergers have been colossal failures. Warns Sigurd Reinton, a partner in the management-consulting firm of McKinsey & Co.: "The benefits of mergers and acquisitions are often overrated. You cannot generalize and say all acquisitions are bad, but there is a sufficient number that, at least...
...unseemly spat between Sharon and Peres did little to derail the Prime Minister's recent efforts to breathe life into the Middle East peace process. Peres put Sharon on notice that attacks on government policy will not be tolerated. He also cleared the way for continued talks with Jordan's King Hussein. Despite Peres' repeated denials that he had met secretly with Hussein in Paris last month, the Prime Minister admitted for the first time that "secret negotiations" have been under way between Israel and Jordan. That news came as Jordan extended an olive branch to Syria, thus perhaps paving...
...Tettamanzi would play very well: he has a kind, grandfatherly mien still associated at the Vatican with the much beloved Pope John XXIII. Yet there is said to be friction between the Archbishop of Milan and his predecessor, Martini. The man who might have been Pope could work to derail Tettamanzi's candidacy. There are enough intrigues in Rome just now to fill a Dan Brown novel...