Word: fairing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have the inside track. But they were outfoxed and outclassed in a bidding war in which prices soared so high that they were no longer the ultimate measures of value. The KKR team surpassed Johnson's group in demonstrating to RJR's board that it intended to give a fair shake to stockholders and employees, that it had the financial experience to raise the huge sum involved and that it would try to keep most of the company in one piece. After being named the winner, KKR partner Henry Kravis, 44, declared, "We want everything to settle down and everyone...
ALTHOUGH an increase is long overdue, conservatives remain implacably opposed to the Kennedy-Hawkins bill. They trot out tired, flimsy excuses, including some that were used to oppose the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which established the original minimum wage...
...Mikado's demand for an execution has imperiled Ko-Ko's life (he being the only person on death row at the time), so Nanki-Poo bargains to be executed in a month in Ko-Ko's place in exchange for Yum-Yum's hand. This seems quite fair because he cannot live without Yum-Yum anyway. Every-body is happy...
Recent weeks have seen a rash of Walsh-sponsored proposals designed to make sure Harvard pays its fair share for city services...
Murdoch said he attributed the drive's success partly to efforts to target the freshman class, including a special blood drive and a table at the freshman activities fair in September...