Word: tempting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Once sufficient U.S. forces are in place, political pressures might tempt Bush to break the stalemate by trying for a quick military victory. If Saddam's seizure of U.S. diplomats last week is any guide, Iraq is capable of an action so provocative that the U.S. would be forced to retaliate. But war is never as quick, clean or painless as the planners say. Patience and determination might still avert the increasingly inevitable tragedy. Those qualities are in alarmingly short supply...
...other leveraged-buyout firms. Rather than relying on debt to finance purchases, Investcorp usually pumps a large amount of its own equity capital into the companies it acquires. Moreover, the firm generally adopts a hands-off approach to managing its holdings. While the cost of the Saks buyout may tempt Investcorp to push for higher profits, the Bahrain firm contends that it will be true to its unmeddlesome philosophy. "We are owners, not managers," said Savio Tung, a top officer. "We bid for Saks because we thought it was a great company, not because we wanted to change...
...music is not customary hit material. It is a little too odd and altogether too witchy for these flighty, dance-heavy times. But a first hearing of Sinead O'Connor might tempt anyone to believe that, for the moment, lite...
Other forms of marketing are taking flak as well. In his second antismoking salvo of the week, Sullivan denounced tobacco sponsorship of sporting events, notably Virginia Slims tennis tournaments, for using "the prestige and the image of the athlete" to tempt young people to light up. Mark Green's first official act as New York City's Commissioner of Consumer Affairs was to fire off a letter last week to Louis Gerstner, chairman of RJR Nabisco, the cigarette maker's parent company, criticizing the use of a cartoon character in Camel ads. "Isn't this ad campaign an obvious attempt...
...verbal nutcracker. "This," he adds, "has meant commercial embarrassment to me." Tokyo Rose is only his fifth album since Song Cycle so, clearly, Parks is not likely to give Billy Joel a run for the heavy money; but the album is both witty and topical enough to tempt the wide audience that has so far eluded...