Word: rammed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stockholders' meeting last week, management had lined up the votes to ram through its plan. In a swift 14 minutes, the reverse stock split was approved. But while the opposition lost a major battle, the war may not be quite over. For the past month the dissidents have been trying to spread their holdings to other family members and trusts so that even after the reverse split there will be more than 300 shareholders. On one day in April, three Bacardis met at Miami's airport and created 240 trusts. Management claims that these shifts came too late. Whatever...
...After Ram starter and loser Steve McManus walked the bases loaded with none out, O'Connell collected the first of his three hits (the game-winner), a single to right field scoring first-baseman Rich Renninger...
...only five feet away now. Eric, who is 6'3", is blocking for me as we ram our way through the crowd of people. I think I've found a clean cup, but in this light you can't be sure. The music sounds like Madonna, but all I can hear is two people discussing investment banking jobs in New York...
...manufacturers largely welcomed the sanctions. Chipmakers in the U.S. claim to have lost $135 million in sales since late last year because of the dumping of Japanese chips in foreign markets. As evidence, U.S. manufacturers have displayed receipts for Hong Kong purchases of such semiconductors as the 256K dynamic RAM (random access memory) chip, which sells there for $1.89 apiece, even though Japan has agreed to a minimum price of $2.50. As a result of such global discounting, U.S. makers say, their share in 1986 of the world chip market, at 43%, fell behind the Japanese portion...
...supply of these ditties is endless. For any masochists yearning for repeat performances, show up at Mather's low rise at 7:30 any morning. I'll be maliciously singing over the grinding howl of my trusty battering-ram vacuum cleaner--rise and shine, folks, it's a musical world out there...