Word: preventable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that are conditional on anticipated junk-bond financing be forbidden as an unfair manipulation of public markets. Rohatyn also thinks that offers to acquire a large number of shares in a firm should be voted on by all stockholders on both sides of the transaction. That would help to prevent managements from paying inflated prices to buy back stock from raiders in greenmail deals...
...time being, Ivan will just have to incarcerate himself at his $10 million estate and continue to play with an inordinate sum of money. Unfortunately, the $100 million slap on the wrist will not prevent him from playing squash. At best his concentration could be broken by the pending lawsuits and an outbreak of public fury...
When students rushed the field at the Yale Bowl three years ago following a Harvard victory, they seriously injured one Harvard student in an attempt to tear down the goal post. Having mounted policemen around both goal posts seemed the best way to prevent injuries to fans, Athletic Director John P. Reardon Jr. '60 said yesterday...
...consequence of Saturday's activities that policemen could not prevent: extensive damage to the surrounding playing fields caused by hordes of tailgaters...
...paying ransom to kidnapers and their supporters. That impression is now out, raising potentially disastrous questions about the Administration's credibility and competence. The underlying cause is the same one that has led to other foreign policy failures: the President's predilection for seat-of-the-pants diplomacy. To prevent any further unraveling of his foreign policy, the President needs to rein in the NSC staff, put pros front and center again, and signal that amateur hour in the White House Situation Room is over...