Word: priced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when Manhattan lawyer Martin Ackerman launched a proxy war for Datapoint. Edelman responded by entrenching himself more deeply. In a two-day blitz of stock buying, Edelman boosted his stake from 10% to 40%, largely by purchasing stock with cash from Intelogic Trace. Edelman won, but pride had its price: Datapoint shares have fallen an additional 25% in value...
Because Edelman feels that U.S. attitudes toward raiders have become too hostile, he now prefers to stalk European game. Yet his magic touch is fading. In June, Edelman made a failed bid for Storehouse PLC, a British retailing giant. Since then Storehouse's profits and stock price have plunged, wiping out some 35% of the value of Edelman's stake...
...theaters and has an unusual point of view. Filmed mostly from a camera height of about 2 ft., it features scenes ranging from a car ride to a duck chase in the park. Its climactic moment is a stroll past a fire hydrant. You guessed it. Doggie Adventure (price: $14.95) is a videocassette designed to relieve canine boredom when a dog is left home alone. Says Harley Toberman, the film's creator: "I always knew that dogs watched TV, but usually there's nothing worthwhile for them to watch." Sometimes man and beast face a similar dilemma...
...GIPSY KINGS: MOSAIQUE (Elektra). Overbearing ethnic melodies from a group that had one of last year's fluke successes. If the Kings started toward your table in a restaurant, fiddling madly, you'd pay the maitre d' twice the price of this album to keep them away...
...local businesses said that while it might raise the price of items bearingHarvard's name or seal, the policy would probablynot affect sales...