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Should students wish to avoid being targeted for military recruiting, they may opt out of the system individually by filing a written request. This will not remove their records from the database, however...
...Vinton: When I go out to eat, I think it's most important to support a local family establishment. In the best-case scenario, they're using local ingredients as well. I ride by the national chains and opt for the local pizza place, the local taco stand, anything that's run by the family. Then I'm going to have influence over what I want to see on the menu, and I can express my desire for local ingredients directly to the CEO, because chances are he's running the oven. He's got the skillet in his hands...
...Getty and Harold Williams, who represented the J. Paul Getty Museum. The document called for Getty to be acquired by a partnership of Pennzoil and a trust composed of the Getty heirs. Jamail contended that Texaco had unethically pressured key Getty shareholders to break the pact with Liedtke and opt for a higher offer...
...views were right. But Glucksman wanted total control and feared, rightly, that Peterson secretly hoped to sell Lehman at a premium before he reached age 60 and had to let the firm begin redeeming his shares. Glucksman sensed that Peterson had no stomach for a fight and would opt to be bought out. So, eight weeks after being promoted, he demanded that Peterson step aside...
...weakness shocked the West European powers. Britain and France invaded Egypt but then had to stand down in the face of opposition from the U.S. With the possible exception of the Falklands war, no major foreign military expedition has been launched by the European countries. They have tended to opt out of first-rank international leadership, accept their demotion to medium-size power status and grudgingly leave responsibility for their defense to the U.S. This sometimes comfortable, sometimes melancholy provincialization of Western Europe has led to a softness on terrorism and reluctance to take action...