Word: donnybrook
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...books to disguise Livent's precarious financial condition. He's been accused of hiding expenses, of misleading auditors and devising a kickback scheme that funneled more than $5 million to him and his longtime partner Myron Gottlieb (his co-defendant, who has also denied the charges). The legal donnybrook drove Drabinsky to shelter in his native Canada, although he is subject to extradition, which is awaiting the conclusion of an investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
...gave a lecture on global warming's vexing politics--the Senate would soundly reject the treaty in its current form--and abruptly ended the meeting. The green lobbyists concede that the public isn't yet ready to back painful measures to combat global warming, but contend that a political donnybrook led by the Vice President, even in a losing cause, would raise awareness. Not so, says Gore. "We lost the fight in 1993," he observes, referring to the far-reaching "BTU tax" on fuels that went down to defeat. "We're not yet winning the fight for the proposals...
...when the serene ripples of Chopin fade away, it's back to the clangor of Arnault's other preoccupation, business. At the moment he is involved in a donnybrook with Robert W. Miller, a minority stockholder in the DFS Group Ltd., a duty-free retailer of leather goods and perfume, particularly LVMH's leather goods and perfumes. Arnault thought he had maneuvered around Miller by buying out his partners' 38.75% share for $1.6 billion. But Miller hung tough, declaring that "despite his promises, Bernard Arnault has a pattern of exploiting the assets of partially acquired companies for the benefit...
...battle over the initiative is a grand donnybrook, sometimes messy, sometimes elevated; it seems as if everybody in California, from the Governor and the two Senators on down, is personally involved, and hardly a week goes by that there isn't a demonstration, a wild debate--last week's involved former Klansman David Duke--or a lawsuit between the two sides. There is a palpable sense that historic events are unfolding...
...senior Washington official and "now it's their turn to give on the audiovisual agreement." Once negotiators get a GATT, the U.S. Congress has until April 15 to approve the deal. If it appears the U.S. gave away too much just to win agreement, there could be a donnybrook. Still, GATT is likely to pass because it will mean lower prices, higher-quality goods, more income and better jobs -- and those are certainly things worth talking about...