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...sprung swiftly at comparatively small risk and cost for the attacker, are less likely than ordinary mergers to run afoul of Government antitrust obstacles. Ordinarily, the cost of a tender offer runs no higher than 3% of the deal-for legal fees, a splurge of advertising to woo stockholders, and interest charges on temporary financing, if it is needed. While proxy fights often turn into marathons (Realty Developer Philip Levin's battle with MGM is now more than a year old and far from over), tender offers generally click or flop within a fortnight. One reason: stockbrokers find them...
...only hitch is players. Although there are 500 college and club teams in the U.S., few Americans are of professional caliber. As a result, the National League has been forced to woo players and coaches away from foreign teams with salaries up to $35,000. The Los Angeles Toros boast 15 players from 13 countries. Which creates still another problem: language. On the theory that "Pass me the ball!" in Spanish just might be fighting words in Swahili, most National League teams have adopted English as their "official" language, and the Pittsburgh Phantoms have temporarily farmed out their players...
Retailers especially hope that the return of warm weather may finally bring out shoppers who have been staying away from stores. To woo them even more, Washington economists believe that Lyndon Johnson may well forgo the 6% surtax on personal-income taxes that was supposed to take effect on July...
...assumes his proud stance, he exudes a "phallic pride. He wants to make love to the audience. It is an attempt to prove that 'I am lovable, attractive and irresistible.' It sets a mood, and this applies especially to those who doubt their powers and attractiveness." Cellists woo too, by the way they hug their female-shaped cellos. This is healthier, suggests Greenson, because the "cello is more of a grown-up figure, yet passive." Musicologist Dorothy Bales sees the struggle of the string players as "a need to put the self together-to join the yang...
Angry Gods. In a twist on the temperamental tenors and sopranos who war offstage and woo onstage, the Berrys in private life seem like a hand-holding coosome. Though the profession is land-mined with problems for married singers, they have made a go of it because their careers progressed at the same pace. Today, they shuttle between Vienna, New York and their home in Lucerne (both are Swiss citizens) with their eight-year-old son Wolfgang, Christa's mother, a cook, a secretary and 27 pieces of luggage. They pick and choose their roles so that they...