Word: william
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...passion to merge has been fueled by the desire of major firms to become global competitors. "The cost of doing business is much greater today than it was 15 years ago," says William Grollman, professor of accounting at Fordham University's Graduate School of Business. "Mergers reduce these costs and eliminate a competitor...
...outspoken bloc of four conservative Justices, just one vote shy of a majority, who are openly intent on challenging long-established views on the separation between church and state. The creche dissent in the Allegheny decision brought together Justices Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Byron White and Chief Justice William Rehnquist, all of whom favor a sweeping reinterpretation of what the Bill of Rights means by forbidding government "establishment of religion...
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare...
Drew G. Faust, a University of Pennsylvania expert on the antebellum South, and William E. Gienapp, a University of Wyoming specialist in nineteenth century party politics, said in interviews yesterday that they had not decided whether to accept the Harvard offers...
...basic flaws: they do not work in rough seas, and heavy crude tends to seep under a boom and clog a skimmer. Finally, the devices are all but useless when confronted with a devastatingly large spill like the Valdez disaster. Once the oil had spread over the vast Prince William Sound, a boat towing a skimmer needed fully 14 hours to clear one narrow swath across the 35-mile-wide bay. The chemical dispersants often used in oil cleanups have problems too. They cannot function in calm water, and because they are toxic, they can seriously damage fish and wildlife...