Word: reject
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...member McGraw-Hill board did the exact opposite. At a 3½-hour meeting that some present described as "intense," the directors voted unanimously to reject the $40 offer. McGraw apparently won unanimity by harping on his two main arguments: 1) that an Amexco takeover would undermine the editorial independence of McGraw-Hill publications, especially Business Week and the Standard & Poor's bond-rating service, and 2) that Amexco President Roger Morley had committed a "serious breach of trust" by serving as a McGraw-Hill director while Amexco was preparing its bid-a charge that McGraw repeated...
Kleinfelder gave several reasons for the transformation: "I want to talk about Karen Smith. I think she's given the team some personality. People love to watch her reject shots. People come to see her; they see the team, and they come back," she says...
Last week Flom showed some of the qualities that have made him the undisputed "King of the Takeovers." In a bold move, American Express sued McGraw-Hill for libel and "publicly disseminating false and misleading statements designed to induce McGraw-Hill shareholders to reject American Express's tender offer." Attackers do not expect to be loved, but they rarely sue for libel. The 22-page complaint was aimed at silencing Harold McGraw, the publishing company's chief, who earlier in the week took out ads harshly attacking American Express, its chairman, James Robinson, and its president, Roger Morley...
...November 5, the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) voted five to two to advise the Corporation to reject Brustein's proposal. After Brustein was approved, one of the Corporation members said he wasn't aware that the HRDC had taken a vote. So much for student opinion...
...doing, they emphasized the failure of the two-year-old student attempt to reform from within the College's disciplinary body. The Faculty Council's decision, to reject proposals establishing an appeals board and banning hearsay evidence from CRR hearings vitiates the entire reform effort, leaving only cosmetic improvements in the structure and procedure of the committee which were approved last week...