Word: think
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...companies and leading other investors to believe he had an interest in a buyout, only to sell out after the stock price rose. Among his targets have been Golden Nugget, Pillsbury and Federated Department Stores. But because he has made an outright offer this time, analysts tend to think this is no bluff. "If the bid weren't serious, it wouldn't be $120 a share," says Helane Becker of Shearson Lehman Hutton...
Some industry watchers think American could turn to hometown partners for help. Rumor had it that certain members of the billionaire Bass family of Fort Worth might take a large friendly stake in the company, as they did to protect the Walt Disney Co. from a raid several years ago. Or Crandall might borrow money to create an Employee Stock Ownership Plan to achieve the same goal...
...think we're overlooked a lot," Stone says. "I actually didn't know Harvard had cheerleading when I got here, and I did it in high school...
...They were one of the very last unorganized groups left at the university and one of the very few left in state government," he said. "We look forward to this happening in other states and think it's a good sign...
...think we'll do everything that we can do to pursue or prevent layoffs," she said. "Failing that, if people must be laid off we'll work with the university and hope they'll work with...