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...example, one of Icahn's biggest windfalls came from an investment in cancer-drug maker ImClone Systems. The corporate raider jumped into the stock in 2006, launched a nasty proxy fight, strong-armed the board into rejecting a $36-a-share takeover offer and assumed the post of chairman. Two years later, the company accepted a $70-a-share bid from Eli Lilly & Co. "I felt vindicated," boasted Icahn at the time. Then there was National Energy Group, where he turned a $300 million investment in the company in 2003 into a $1.5 billion payoff when it was sold...
...Travel the Same Road” for student dancers to perform in the upcoming production. Bergmann, a Julliard graduate who initiated the Viewpointe series ten years ago, said of the all-women ensemble: “[The piece] is about the idea that in life, while we may sometimes fight with the people around us, we ultimately support each other because we all travel the same road... It’s one of my stronger pieces, and it’s great to bring it back...
...have families and therefore specific ideas of how they talk, how they fight, how they sound and look. It’s not surprising, then, that we each have equally specific ideas of what we want from family shows: think of the different itches scratched by “Seventh Heaven,” “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne,” and “Arrested Development...
...disappointing, considering this was a really big game for us,” sophomore Jeff Cohen said. “We really struggled with clearing, but that being said, we did do some things well. We worked hard, and we definitely didn’t give up. We did fight back...
While the Crimson struck first in the second, the Big Red did not give up without a fight, responding with a 3-1 run to cut Harvard’s lead to four...