Word: larger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pressure of the daily routine at Middlesex, the issue of gender is often lost in the crises of the moment. But the larger number of women at Middlesex and other courthouses across the state inevitably leads lawyers, litigants and judges to confront their own attitudes about gender...
...challenge as political leaders is to come up with an agenda of solutions, which we are doing. But the larger challenge for all of us is to shift the world's political system into a new state of equilibrium, characterized by more cooperation, global agendas and a focus on the future. As General Omar Bradley said at the end of World War II, "It is time we steered by the stars and not by the lights of each passing ship...
...that could have crippled Drexel, the fifth largest U.S. securities firm. Before the deal can be completed, however, Giuliani stipulated, a 184- page civil complaint that the Securities and Exchange Commission brought against Drexel in September must be settled by Jan. 10. The SEC could conceivably ask for a larger pool of money to compensate alleged victims, who range from ordinary stockholders to Drexel's clients. Even so, Giuliani declared Drexel's fines and concessions "appropriate punishment." He added, "You do not put corporations in prison...
WEAKEST TAKEOVER DEFENSE Pillsbury's "just say no" strategy failed to fend off British consumer-products giant Grand Metropolitan. The Dough Boys also tried a "poison pill" strategy that would have awarded current stockholders a larger share of the company, making it far more expensive to purchase. But a Delaware chancery court ruled against Pillsbury's tactic, and it was gobbled up last week for $5.C5 billion...
...boom has ensured enough orders for the takeoff of the company's once doubtful MD-11. A longer and more fuel-efficient version of the company's phased-out DC-10 line, the $100 million MD-11 has pulled in 47 orders, and gives Douglas a rival to the larger Boeing and Airbus models...