Word: ownership
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
HONG KONG -- China announced plans last month to look for oil in an offshore area in the South China Sea that Vietnam claims ownership of. The dispute could lead to a confrontation because the area may contain as much as 700 million tons of oil, and Vietnam has already leased it to a Mobil-led joint venture. Vietnamese officials say they'd like to find a peaceful solution, but they also say that giving up the region is non-negotiable. A military analyst told Time that the Vietnamese defense budget has recently increased nearly 50%, largely to beef...
...sponsor. As it stands, a relief pitcher in baseball can't enter the ninth inning without announcers mentioning Rolaids or the NYNEX "call to the bullpen." If this keeps up much longer, expectorating on the field will have a sponsor. But there's a good side to corporate ownership. It gives the fan a new way to enjoy the game: buying shares in the company that owns the team...
Right now, the N.F.L. opposes corporate ownership of teams, and until it changes the rule or the new league comes along, the best opportunities in share buying are in basketball, baseball and hockey. Paramount Communications (soon to merge with Viacom) owns the Knicks and the Rangers, Comsat owns the Denver Nuggets, and Disney has the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, California...
...there may be a price to pay at home. The N.R.A. promised to punish those who voted in favor of the ban more than those who supported the Brady Bill, because that bill only delayed ownership of handguns by five days and didn't ban them outright. Hyde, who voted for the Brady Bill, recognizes that the assault-weapons measure "is a bigger nose in a smaller tent," and he anticipates continuing static from the pro-gun forces. While there is growing concern about guns in his district, it is the other side that is galvanized to retaliate. "The N.R.A...
...that constitutes only 1% of the firearms owned by the American public. Yet the bill's passage represents the second defeat in six months for a seemingly bulletproof gun-control lobby, which, spearheaded by the National Rifle Association, has managed for years to thwart even the smallest restrictions on ownership of guns. At the same time, the House vote is a victory for thousands of law-enforcement groups and grass-roots advocates, who may now be emboldened to open a new and bigger front in the battle for gun control. The House bill, similar to a provision in the omnibus...