Seckel has already acquired papers, correspon dence and lab notebooks of many eminent scientists, including Franklin, Crick, Klug, Gosling and Max Perutz, and is keen for more.
The deal seemed to pay off for Enron; within 18 months of acquiring Paper and Print, the division generated about $20 million in operating profit, Mark Lay said.
Julian offers Theo money to acquire transit papers for a young refugee named Kee, which Theo obtains from his cousin Nigel, a government minister.
The only estimate was a letter from the seller, who had acquired the papers for $3.5 million -- less than a year before Lord Black bought them, but judged the collection to be worth $12 million to $14 million.
As chairman of the board of Scripps-Howard from 1921 to 1936, he was active in acquiring new papers for that newspaper chain, and he sought editorial balance for it by making it his practice to hire columnists with divergent views.
Fortunately, I acquired the paper for myself and am prepared to name and shame.
The Kajuga brothers were from a Tutsi family whose father had acquired Hutu identity papers for his family, and Robert knew even his brother's life was at risk.
One final thought: if Lebedev is toying with the idea of distributing the Independent for free, he may well be able, piquantly, to acquire the paper and its Sunday sister for the same price.
Mr. Smith's firm, Alden, along with Angelo Gordon and Credit Suisse, initially acquired the papers in April for $139 million.
