Word: spectacularity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those moves were the latest in the spectacular spate of mergers, acquisitions and takeover wars that have transformed the U.S. economy in recent months and become matters of grave concern in American boardrooms, courtrooms and legislatures. In 1985 companies were acquired, wholly or in part, at the frantic rate of eleven a day. When the dollar value of those deals is finally totted up, it is certain to surpass the record $125 billion reached in 1984. Says Democratic Representative Timothy Wirth, who chairs a House subcommittee that has been studying acquisitions: "These mergers and takeovers are having as profound...
...been struggling, averaging just 5.0 points per game, but went wild last night, going four-for-four from the charity stripe and six-for-10 from the floor--including a spectacular, late-first-half sky hook...
...although Harvard battled back to within five points at one late juncture in the game, and although Gielin tendered his latest entry in the Best Move By A 5-ft., 10-in. Guy Contest on a spectacular, fast-break look-away lay-up, the hosts were too tough...
This scheme requires Finch Hatton, in whom Robert Redford has found a soul mate, to stand in for the spirit of Africa. Laconic, ironic, elusive and, in his silky way, brutal, he continually offers his lover spectacular glimpses of a great nature. Then, just when she thinks she has grasped him, he slips away into the clouds. Meryl Streep, as Dinesen, is his perfect match. Always at her best when challenged to leave her own time and place for regions more passionate and generous, Streep embodies an aristocrat's arrogance toward the unknown and an artist's vulnerability...
Every time the Crimson looked like it was about to do something spectacular--like make a backcourt steal and move in for an uncontested lay-up, something awful would happen--like they would miss...