Word: meant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...million it invested in KKR's takeover fund, but being in the interesting position of helping raid a company they own stock in, they will get huge returns from those holdings when the new owners sell off parts. The closing of the takeover deal earlier this month meant that RJR stock was worth $109 per share--quite a bit more than than the $56 per share it was worth on the market before the highly-publicized takeover war began, but that's the magic of buyouts...
...loss meant one thing for the Gophers: They would no longer be the number-two ranked team in the nation. In stepped Harvard to claim that honor in this week's USA Coaches' Poll...
...easy to see why. After all, the shuttle is simply a glorified tow-truck, carting satellites into space. The shuttle was never meant to be exciting--it was designed as a less expensive method for placing military and communications satellites in orbit...
...that respect, the superpower rivalry remains intense. But it is significant, and encouraging, that the Soviets are relying more on athletes, dancers and diplomats to advance their interests and less on soldiers, KGB infiltrators and guerrillas. Insofar as Gorbachev's mission to New York is meant to persuade the world -- and George Bush -- that the change is real and will continue, he deserves the warm welcome he is likely...
Though children flinch at gifts that are meant to be good for them, it is still true that toys that teach unobtrusively have real staying power. "Children are extraordinarily curious about their environment," says Richard Garvey, vice president of marketing for Lego. "Fad items like Hula Hoops do not engage a child's innate desire to learn." That desire largely accounts for the ubiquitous plastic Lego bricks, which can now be found in 55% of American homes with children under 15. "The best thing about the Lego blocks," says Paul Matthews, 37, father of Paul Chandler Matthews...