Word: offer
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...latest offer, which had the blessing of Berlusconi, who's back in power, came from a consortium of Italian businessmen ready to invest up to one billion euros in the more profitable sectors of the company. (The money-losing units would file for bankruptcy protection.) But after unions rejected the plan, the investors pulled their offer off the table...
...There's still a slim possibility Alitalia can be saved. Air France-KLM or German carrier Lufthansa might make a new offer, or the Italian consortium could reconsider if the labor syndicates show more leeway. But the likelier scenario is that Italy's national carrier goes under for good...
...many others do, I believe Bristol Palin's pregnancy is a family matter. Yet Governor Palin decided to accept McCain's offer to be his running mate knowing her daughter's pregnancy would become fodder for the press. Who thinks it's O.K. to put a 17-year-old girl - yes, she's still a girl, even if pregnant - through this? Christopher B. Romeo, KNOXVILLE, TENN...
...foster morale than bombs ever could. While in this case an increased military presence may be the best solution possible, we must be careful not to leap to the conclusion that additional troops and war are always the answer. The current political climate seems to glorify military might and offer a pick of poisons: if not support for Iraq, then increased focus on Afghanistan. As voters in countries like Canada, Britain, and France have made clear, being against the war entirely can still be a viable alternative. It would be a grave error to mistake a laurel leaf...
...History is not in vain. Not only does it offer memories, but also precedents. And those precedents may continue to make housing crises recur. Perhaps next time a scholar of the 2008 housing meltdown will be Chairman...