Word: gulf
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What do Consolidated Cigar and the Richmond Screw Anchor Co. have in common? Both were once owned by the quintessential conglomerate of the 1960s: Gulf & Western. The diverse mix of businesses proved so unmanageable by the early 1980s that G&W Chairman Martin Davis launched a campaign to spin off more than 100 subsidiaries. Last week the company once known as Engulf & Devour said it will sell one of its few remaining divisions, Associates First Capital Corp., a financial services company. Davis hopes to use the estimated $3 billion in proceeds to assemble a world-class media and entertainment giant...
...Assad adamantly refuses to withdraw, insisting his troops are necessary to maintain at least a semblance of order. Making the situation more ominous, the Christians are getting substantial military support from Assad's archenemy, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who seeks to avenge Assad's support of Iran in the gulf...
...real mother lode of the global palladium supply is South Africa. Those who find America's marriage of convenience with the oil-producing gulf states troubling should shudder at the prospect of cozy relations with the current South African regime...
Under the new proposal, land owned by St. Paul's Church on Mt. Auburn St. would not be rezoned, but development rights on the former site of the Gulf station would still be severely limited...
Under the new plan Harvard could build to a height of 45 feet on the gulf station lot, at a floor-area ratio (FAR) of 1.75. FAR is the proportion of a building's total floor area to the size...