Word: offerred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wander into the Reeves private hotel, a tidy Victorian row house overlooking Shepherd's Bush Green, and you can easily imagine yourself in any of central * London's small, discreet hotels. The woman at the front desk will offer a cordial greeting as you check in, tell you about the facilities and invite you to have tea or a drink at the bar. Unless, of course, you are a man. In that case, you will be urged, very graciously, to leave...
...Administration explored this latest opening to Iran, Bush was at pains to steer clear of the mistakes that toppled Jimmy Carter's presidency and badly tarnished Ronald Reagan's. While pointedly refusing to offer any quid pro quo, he stepped carefully back from Reagan's stated policy of never negotiating with terrorists. If the hostages come home, Bush hinted, he might consider releasing Iranian assets -- principally undelivered weapons paid for in advance -- that have been frozen by the U.S. since 1979. "Goodwill begets goodwill," he said, quoting his own Inaugural Address...
Only two months after Northwest Airlines rebuffed his $2.6 billion bid, Davis has bounced back with an even grander scheme. Last week he offered to pay $5.4 billion, or $240 a share, for UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, the second largest U.S. carrier. UAL's board said it would consider the offer, and sent emissaries to meet with Davis' advisers. Meanwhile, UAL shares rocketed from 164 1/2 to 257 in just four days. Wall Streeters believe that the price could top $300 if other buyers...
...contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous--that smile as we may at its follies, or denounce its barbarities, the truly monumental achievements of the Middle Ages have become too vast for us to cope with, or even understand; we are too small and too afraid." Let me offer this as an ideal opening sentence to any question even tangentially nudging on the Middle Ages. And now you see, having dazzled me, won me by your personal, involved, independently-minded assertion, your only job is to keep me awake. When I sleep I give...
...Originally passed by Congress in 1970 to combat organized crime, RICO is increasingly being used as a battering ram against the clubby defenses of financial institutions. Because it allows prosecutors to seize all assets -- including homes, salaries and pensions -- of those indicted, many people facing a RICO count offer to inform on their former colleagues in exchange for leniency. Last week Anton Valukas, the U.S. Attorney who supervised the 2 1/2-year probe, advised both Chicago exchanges that if the RICO-charged traders are convicted, the prosecution intends to lay claim to their membership seats, a $7.5 million prize...