Word: offer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year old Swedenborg Chapel on the corner of Quincy and Kirkland streets has been for sale for years, but in the last month a $3 million offer from a Somerville developer has thrown its future into doubt...
Since that offer, a variety of initiatives aimed at stopping the developer--and his plans for an 11-story apartment building on the site--have complicated the proposed sale...
Finally, a properly designed student center would help alleviate the severe shortage of performance space. Classrooms are often inappropriate for special events and the Dean of Students Office can offer only meager options to those seeking something other than a square room full of desks. A student center could include theaters of various sizes for groups hosting special speakers or staging presentations...
Unlike the bookstores, the big national drug chains are equipped to fight back. Some offer limited online refill services, and No. 3 Rite Aid has plans to roll out a prescription and vitamin website with GNC in the fall. That doesn't worry Drugstore.com's Neupert, who says, "Frankly, I don't know if the existing brands are all that respected." There's another issue, though. With the rise of managed care, close to 80% of prescriptions are now covered by third-party insurers. To capture a good chunk of the business, online drugstores "have to negotiate separately with thousands...
...pride. After bowing deeply, Chung, 49, would pitch his hot-pot lunches -- steaming vegetables seasoned with shrimps and fiery pepper sauce -- then explain how he'd lost his job at the giant conglomerate. Often people just slammed the door in his face. Those who listened didn't offer him a chair. The frosty treatment stung, but Chung knew what was behind it. In status-conscious Korea, Samsung is at the top of the job heap -- catering is near the bottom. "Running a restaurant wasn't a respectable thing to do," says Chung. "The hardest part of shifting gears was pride...