Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Whatever its strategy may be, the government plainly does not retain much hope for protection from the U.N. "We cannot live through another winter of siege," Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey told reporters in Vienna. Britain and France, the main contributors to the U.N. military force in Bosnia, reacted with dismay. French President Jacques Chirac, on his first visit to Washington since taking office, cautioned Sarajevo that an offensive "would be a grave error." He joined Bill Clinton in an appeal to the Bosnians for a cease-fire...
...announced it had acquired the Lotus Development Corp. for more than $3.5 billion as the two companies came to friendly terms less than a week after IBM made a hostile bid for the software firm. Lotus CEO Jim Manzi won guarantees that the company will retain its employee-friendly environment and a large degree of autonomy...
...Houston Rockets defeated the Orlando Magic 113-101 to finish a four-game sweep and retain their N.B.A. title. Seeded sixth among eight Western Conference play-off contenders, the Rockets outperformed the teams with the league's four best records en route to winning a record nine play-off games on the road...
...just want more people using our software." IBM launched the hostile buyout of Boston-based Lotus last week, then negotiated slightly better terms, offering $3.52 billion, or $64 a share. TIME Boston bureau chief Sam Allis says the deal's biggest surprise lay in IBM's decision to retain Lotus chief executive Jim Manzi. "Everybody figured that he had to go -- that you cannot have a strong personality representing the old company," Allis says. But he says IBM chief Louis Gerstner recognized the move was necessary to maintain the allegiance of key brains at Lotus -- espcially Ray Ozzie, the creator...
...Universities are rushing out to retain what they perceive to be conservative professors in the effort to diffuse the accusation that they are one-sided and liberal," Sasser said...