Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...offered $2.7 billion for Associated. When the New York firm's directors did not respond, May made a hostile bid of $2.4 billion directly to shareholders. Wall Streeters doubt Associated can fight off a merger. But it may try to find a higher bidder. After all, no retailer wants to give away the store...
Adams anticipated the pomp and ceremony and would no doubt have appreciated Wolper's efforts to bring forth tears and goose bumps from the masses huddled around the New York City waterfront for Friday's spectacular fireworks. But he could not have imagined the 200 Elvis Presley look-alikes who will perform during Wolper's Sunday night finale. Nor could he have dreamed of spending up to $30 million for a party or making $10 million by auctioning off broadcasting rights to ABC television. He would be puzzled by the multifarious products with the Statue of Liberty imprint: Liberty charcoal...
...some areas, Burger and Scalia are close. Burger has been a foe of elaborate procedural safeguards for the criminally accused, and so has Scalia. But in many areas of the law, the effect of last week's appointments is simply unknowable. There is no doubt, however, that Reagan is hoping to provide Rehnquist with reinforcements. "The selection of Rehnquist is a selection for the future," contends Sheldon Goldman, professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. "The Reagan Administration is counting on being able to make another one or two appointments before the President's term ends...
Rehnquist's easy manner and informality stand in stark contrast to his predecessor as Chief Justice. Burger could be courtly, but mainly he was pompous and aloof. There is little doubt which Justice is more popular with his brethren...
...contradictions of a bar with a pinball machine which warns against drunk driving will no doubt spin quite a few heads. But don't worry, you will be only a few minutes walk away from the Yard and the Houses...