Word: fought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been selling off unprofitable operations and accumulating cash that could be used for a major acquisition. Last spring, when CBS was facing an unwanted takeover bid from Ted Turner, GE offered to come to the rescue with a higher price if the company wanted a merger. After CBS fought off Turner, GE turned its attention to RCA, which also feared a hostile takeover bid. Perhaps to make itself less vulnerable, RCA had discussed a possible friendly merger with MCA, a movie and television conglomerate, but the talks broke...
...last Friday, Manuel Antonio Sanchez Perez was leaving a Madrid bank when three men jumped him. Sanchez, Cuba's deputy planning minister, who had been granted provisional asylum in Spain, fought furiously. "They're going to kill me!" he screamed as his pistolwaving assailants wrestled him into a waiting car driven by a woman accomplice. Some 30 to 50 bystanders quickly surrounded the auto. A cab pulled over and blocked the vehicle's escape while the crowd dragged Sanchez to safety, holding the would-be abductors until police arrived. All turned out to be Cuban embassy personnel, including the vice...
...tightly fought contest, the 126-lb. grappler fell behind early, 2-1. By the start of the last period he was down, 3-1, but he managed to take a point with one minute...
...guess things really started going wrong at LaGuardia. As soon as I had fought my way off of the plane, I asked my "customer service agent" for directions to the Piedmont terminal for my connection to Roanoke. Fifteen minutes later, standing in front of the female employee's bathroom, I decided I should try to find...
Kevin Jernigan, playing number four, nearly became the Crimson's only loser, struggling to a hard-fought 17-18, 16-14, 15-3, 16-17, 15-9 victory...