Word: sharings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...workers in union-busting firms financed by the investment banks, which constantly advertise on our pages, any less oppressed? If we view our advertising policy as an extension of our editorial policy, we'd have to pull the lion's share of our ads. It would be utterly hypocritical to take action on some issues, and ignore others. We can't pretend to institutional morality by pulling...
However, the survey by the New York-based, non-profit group that studies reproductive issues suggests that women in various categories have a statistically disproportionate share of abortions relative to their raw numbers...
...plan last week, another major carrier flew into the combat zone. In Minnesota directors of NWA, the parent company of Northwest Airlines, broke a week-long silence by rejecting a $2.6 billion takeover bid from a group headed by Los Angeles investor Marvin Davis. In spurning the $90-a-share offer, NWA Chairman Steven Rothmeier, 42, said his firm fully intends to remain independent. But Davis, whose group owns 3% of NWA's shares, vowed to press ahead with plans to acquire the company and its prize asset, Northwest, the fourth largest U.S. airline. The Californian's bid has raised...
...raise enough cash. While he claims that he can, several of his highly publicized takeover attempts have fallen through. Among them: his $3.8 billion bid for CBS in 1986. Some airline-industry experts argue, moreover, that NWA is worth about $3 billion, or at least $100 per share. Analysts estimated that the company's Pacific routes and real estate holdings, including $500 million worth of property in Japan, have a value of $2 billion by themselves. Beyond that, Northwest owns more than 230 airliners and has a far-flung route system that extends from Shanghai to Stockholm...
...Lebanon's real trouble goes back to a 1943 unwritten "national pact" giving a dominant share of power to the Christian community. It has battled to hold on against the Muslims, who today are in the majority and are demanding a larger role in governing the country. Now, without even a figurehead President to sustain the fading dream of national reconciliation, and with the big guns drowning out all appeals for peace, Lebanon's chaos may have reached the point of no return...