Word: percents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said Polaroid's experience helped shape the bill. The instant photography company, which is incorporated in Delaware, made use of a Delaware law that bars completion of a takeover for three years unless the raider either gets approval of the target company's board or buys 85 percent of its stock...
...placing millions of its shares in friendly hands through an employee stock ownership plan, Polaroid made it virtually impossible for Shamrock to reach the 85 percent level...
...Massachusetts law would go further, raising the threshold to 90 percent. The law would also be triggered earlier--delaying a takeover as soon as a hostile bidder acquires 5 percent of a public company's stock, rather than 15 percent, as in Delaware...
...cards from the photographer, as well as a reporter. The officers, one of whom is wearing sunglasses, say that their safety is jeopardized when they cannot see properly. One officer suggests that the arrest should not be of interest to Harvard students. Another says that 40 to 50 percent of the homeless are armed...
...maintain the big Q sign on Q mountain. "A while ago, I filled my pickup with 4-H kids, drove up there and poured whitewash over the Q. Got to go up there again." Like everything else in town, his business is geared toward an older clientele. "Ninety-five percent of the people who eat here have dentures. We serve bread pudding, oatmeal, mashed potatoes, and don't make the food too spicy. We only serve the soft-shell taco. It's a whole different atmosphere here. If it's someone's birthday, the whole room sings...