Word: target
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lobbying war over the Supreme Court nomination of Appeals Court Judge Robert Bork. Anticipating this fall's Senate confirmation vote, hundreds of liberal and conservative interest groups are expected to spend more than $20 million in multimedia ad campaigns and direct contact by mail and phone. Their main target: the 20-odd Senators who have yet to make up their minds...
...corporate raiding to the oil patch. But suddenly the investor, based in Amarillo, Texas, is taking a bit of advice from his best-selling autobiography, Boone: "It's important to show a new look periodically." Last week it was revealed that Pickens has set his sights on a surprising target: Boeing, the world's largest maker of commercial jets and a producer of military craft ranging from helicopters to cruise missiles. Pickens' investment group, Mesa Limited Partnership, is believed to have bought only about $15 million worth of Boeing's stock, or just .2% of the company's shares...
...terrorists last week and offer a $10,000 reward for information leading to their conviction. "If we don't stop it here, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami and Washington, D.C., will be next," warned Bradley. His words did not reassure many refugees, who fear they may become the next target for the death squads. Said a 28-year-old Salvadoran: "If they want you, they will find you, even here...
...reach a settlement with Pennzoil. Looking at the company's substantial oil and gas reserves and other holdings, most financial analysts think that Texaco's shares are severely undervalued at last week's closing price of 45 1/8. In the past, Holmes a Court has ended raids on target firms when the price was right. Last August, for example, he said he was seeking a 15% stake in USX. Then, as takeover speculation drove up the price of the stock, he reportedly turned a handsome profit on a block of his shares. Still, Texaco may look tempting to Holmes...
Justice Department officials think Farbar knows more than he is telling, but decline to say Mailer is a target. Authorities say their insistence that Farbar serve 46 months of his six-year sentence is within standard guidelines...