Word: sentimentalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week began, corporate raiders seemed to have been cowed by the surge in anti-takeover sentiment. That mood may have helped persuade Revlon Group Chairman Ronald Perelman to give up his hostile $4.1 billion offer to buy Gillette, the razor-blade maker. Probably more important, though, was the ! fast $34 million that Revlon earned by promising to back off. Investors branded the payoff as a clear case of greenmail, since Gillette agreed to buy back Perelman's 13.9% stake in the company at a premium price that was unavailable to other shareholders...
...consortium of South African firms, including Anglo American, a diversified mining and manufacturing company, and the De Beers diamond concern. The divestiture, which followed a gradual reduction of the British bank's holdings in Barclays National to 40.4% by last year, was made in the face of rising worldwide sentiment against apartheid and doing business in South Africa. Said Sir Timothy Bevan, chairman of Barclays: "I'm not a coward, but it's no good being totally brave and unrealistic. World opinion is important. It affects commerce...
...sentiment of the Crimson's co-captains is mixed...
None of this discourages those who keep returning for treatments. "Nothing lasts forever," sighs Nicholas Pavlik, 48, an apparel store owner in New York City who has undergone injections every six months for the past four years. "But when you look better, you feel better." Not exactly a sentiment worthy of Shakespeare, but still one full of human truth...
...days backers of the ousted Defense Minister had seethed after Philippine leftists took to the streets in a massive demonstration of pro-Aquino, anti- Enrile sentiment to mark Olalia's funeral. On Thursday a huge but orderly procession for the slain labor leader wound for miles through the streets of Manila. Waving red flags and placards, a crowd of more than 100,000 followed a flower-bedecked truck bearing the coffins of Olalia and his driver. J.V. Bautista, a leader of the leftist Bayan political coalition, hinted that Marcos backers might have been responsible for Olalia's death...