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...executives. In 1987, it spent €130 million on a station called Odeon TV that it hoped to build into Italy's third major network, but which collapsed after three years. To stave off bankruptcy, Tanzi engineered a so-called reverse merger, under which it sold itself to a dormant holding company already listed on the Milan stock exchange. The combined firm then raised about €150 million from outside investors. That enabled Parmalat to go public in 1990, and plug some of the gaps in its accounts; at the time it had a market value of around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How It All Went So Sour | 11/21/2004 | See Source »

Even with Dawson, the Harvard offense struggled to put points on the board. After scoring at least 34 points in each of its first six games, the Crimson’s quick-striking offense looked dormant against the Big Green...

Author: By David H. Stearns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Perfect (But Not Really) | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

...hard to see the divinity behind the water temples that dot the rice terraces of Bali. It's there in the white-clad high priest presiding in the temple at the summit of a dormant volcano. It's there in the 23 priests serving along with him, selected for their jobs when they were still children by a bevy of virgin priestesses. It's there in the rituals the priests perform to protect the island's water, which in turn is needed to nurture the island's rice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Is God in Our Genes? | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

...down by one with just over five minutes left in the first half, the long-dormant Crimson struck. Junior midfielder Jen McDavitt forced an Eli penalty while driving to the net, and on the corner, Gannon passed to Maasdorp. Deftly, Maasdorp feinted a shot before taking her time, pausing in a moment of repose and firing a bullet to the back of the net to tie the game...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Tops Yale To Stay Undefeated | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...least a few students from the area, the reawakening of a volcano that has been dormant for their entire lives was not a cause for alarm...

Author: By Katherine G. Chan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Follow News of Volcano | 10/5/2004 | See Source »

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