Word: wrest
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Organizers of the Harvard chapter say they seek to use a coed fraternity here as a bargaining chip to wrest a compromise from an adamant all-male faction, most in the West. McCollum says Harvard may experience difficulty in winning recognition from the national organization...
Griffin is trying to wrest Resorts International, the Atlantic City-based hotel and casino operator, from Trump. The developer, Resorts' chairman since last year, has been buying shares in the company and bidding for the rest. His aim is to merge it into his privately held Trump Organization. But on March 17, Griffin began his unexpected last-minute bid for the company, initially offering $35 a share for stock that Trump intended to buy for $22 a share. Last week, despite the sluggishness in Atlantic City's casino business, Griffin raised his offer by $70 million, for a total...
...hesitation to build new factories could cause trouble. Companies may be forced to turn away customers, missing an unusual chance to wrest market share away from foreign competitors. Says David Hale, chief economist for Kemper Financial Services: "We have had five years of underinvestment in manufacturing. This may simply represent a form of corporate anorexia...
Jean de Florette, set in the 1920s, described the attempt of the clever Papet (Yves Montand) and his dim-witted nephew Ugolin (Daniel Auteuil)--the last remaining members of what used to be the richest and most glorious family in the region--to wrest the land of a neighboring farmer, a hunchback...
...four agreed to call on the junta to resign. Meanwhile, many Haitians worried about the adverse financial consequences of a protracted strike. The result: two days of spotty protests that were in stark contrast to last June's successful strikes, which foiled Namphy's attempt to wrest control of the country's voting process from the electoral council. Said a factory worker locked out of his job: "The only way to strike against these people is with arms...