Word: sirene
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...That siren song should win some ready listeners. When the big copper producer was forced to divest itself of Peabody Coal by Government edict last June, savvy Wall Street analysts speculated that some or all of the $1.2 billion Kennecott received would be paid in the form of a special dividend. Instead, Chairman Milliken, apparently fearing an unfriendly takeover attempt, paid $66 a share for Carborundum. The rationale: the bigger the company, the more difficult it is to finance a raid. By paying more than twice the book value for a ho-hum company, Milliken let himself in for savage...
MARRIED. Joan Bennett, 67, sultry movie siren of the 1930s and '40s, who starred in some 80 films (Father of the Bride, Careless Lady, Little Women) and the TV series Dark Shadows; and David Wilde, 60, a retired publisher, publicist and investor; she for the fourth time, he for the second; in White Plains...
...siren screaming, a grim-faced detective whizzes around a corner and tears through a fruit stand, sending cantaloupes flying. A dozen red lights and near-collisions later, he finally forces the villain into an alley and arrests...
...Albany, N.Y. In the past two years ABC has added 15 stations to its web, for a total of 195. CBS and NBC are still ahead in the number of stations, with 204 and 208 respectively, but no one will guess how long traditional loyalties will survive the siren lure of ABC's Nielsens...
...colony of only 600,000 inhabitants that is richly endowed with oil, manganese and uranium deposits-put on a dazzling performance for its guests. Arriving delegates were met at Libreville's tiny airport by fleets of Mercedes, Cadillacs and Rolls-Royces and escorted to the conference center by siren-screaming motorcycles. Along the route, thousands of women -draped with cloths emblazoned with the portrait of President Bongo-sang and swayed rhythmically to native drums. Exclaimed one overwhelmed observer: "My God, this makes Disneyland look real...