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Vodafone recently agreed to acquire Mannesmann for $183 billion in the biggest hostile takeover ever.

THIS week, in both America and Europe, corporate bosses locked horns as the biggest hostile bids in years twisted and turned their way towards a denouement.

It is the biggest hostile takeover ever attempted, and it has electrified Germany, a country where hostile bids have been rare and successful ones almost nonexistent.

One month ago, Vodafone AirTouch P.L.C. of Britain won its battle to acquire Mannesmann A.G. of Germany for $183 billion -- the biggest hostile takeover anywhere, ever.

WHEN Olivetti pulled off Europe's biggest hostile takeover on May 21st by winning 51% of the shares in Telecom Italia, its victory was hailed as the triumph of American-style capitalism over European corporatism.

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Certainly, the big, hostile hospital where she was born, an hour from home, makes me shudder when I pass it on the highway.

Though Europe has had a surge of big hostile takeovers in the last two years, the takeover of Mannesmann makes history on several fronts besides sheer size.

It has a solid balance-sheet, and there are some attractive synergies and cost savings to be had.But big, hostile bids are not the Anglo-Dutch company's style.

Even the squashiest tomatoes had seemed unlikely to deter Mr Cromme, the only businessman in Germany to have successfully pushed through a big hostile takeover, of the Hoesch steel company in 1991.

But when penalties are introduced for slacking, worker efficiency is enhanced, reducing shirking by half.Joseph Flom, a legendary lawyer who participated in many of the big hostile takeovers of the 1970s and 1980s, died at the age of 87.