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...exhibits his art work on his front lawn. ("I used to have such a beautiful yard," said the wistful Mrs. Watson, who also used to have a nice piece of white rug before the Kid turned it into a hat:) The Kid makes found art. An aluminum shark, a tin cow, a pair of pants on sticks, originally meant to be a sculpture of John Henry but never finished, thus called Half of John Henry. The Kid makes suits out of Naugahyde...
...spokesman for the film makers' corporation, Luke Spielberger Ltd., said that the attractions will include a Poltergeist funhouse, a scuba dive through shark-infested waters, an American Graffiti drag strip, a Millennium Falcon journey through the Twilight Zone, an E. T. flying-bike ride and an Indiana Jones snake pit. The restaurants, or cantinas, will feature gremlins serving popcorn and candy bars. Each afternoon the Ewoks Marching Band will parade through the park playing the works of John Williams...
Embattled managers who hope to avoid corporate takeovers can draw upon a wide array of defenses. Many have acquired exotic names: Pac-Man, shark repellent, white knight. Some are more effective than others, and none, alas, work all the time...
Then there are other ploys called shark repellents. One of those involves revising corporate bylaws to stagger the terms of directors so that only a few come up for election in any one year. To get a majority, a raider would have to wait at least two years...
...options to buy shares of a company, can be approved by directors alone, without a vote by shareholders. Gulf reincorporated in Delaware from Pennsylvania, thus shielding itself at least for now against a raid by Mesa Petroleum's T. Boone Pickens Jr. Many experts question the legality of shark repellents. Dissident shareholders challenge them, charging that they amount to changing the rules in the middle of the game...