Word: targets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...which had been a rumored takeover target for months, had been a strong second in the prime time TV ratings in recent years but it slid into third in the current season. However, its daytime TV operations remain highly profitable, analysts...
...Oilers are at home. Temporarily down to a solitary goaltender, awaiting a replacement from the minor leagues, they have recruited an Edmonton policeman, Floyd Whitney, for a practice session. "You're the target today, eh?" one of the stubbly giants greets Whitney reassuringly, as the Stanley Cup champions slide sleepily onto their indoor pond. Despite a proliferation of Europeans, hockey players still tend to be white, toothless Canadians from small, picturesque places, who skated to grammar school on iced-over footpaths until diverted during high school to the big city, where they enjoy drinking beer and occasionally throwing each other...
...Phillips can rest easy. Pickens promised not to launch a new battle for the company for at least 15 years, and Icahn agreed to stay away for eight. But those may be meaningless pledges. With all its new debt, Phillips has lost much of its luster as a takeover target...
...count, Edwards has been a target of eleven other grand jury probes over the past decade, including one still under way. All of them, he claims, have been conducted by Republicans. But he has always shrugged off charges of wrongdoing. "People say I've had brushes with the law," he has said. "That's not true. I've had brushes with overzealous prosecutors...
Schultze maintained that the Pentagon should be a primary target for budget cutters. The budget calls for appropriations for weapons and equipment to more / than double between 1980 and 1986, even after adjustment for inflation, to $107 billion. Said Schultze: "I think you can say that while some buildup is needed, the magnitude of the recent and proposed increases in defense spending is unwarranted...