Donald Trump released his first television attack ad Friday as he and his chief Republican rival, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, moved into direct and more hostile contention.
Scientists who ridicule intelligent design risk reinforcing the religious right's bogus contention that science is hostile to religion.
"Of course it was unhelpful," said Ms. Soltis saying that Democrats have seized the issue to support their contention that Republicans are hostile to women.
There's a facile contention that President Trump — hostile to free trade pacts and skeptical of grand military alliances — is an isolationist, an advocate of American retreat and retrenchment on the global stage.
And the contention that California is hostile to the Free Enterprise System: Lord, please tell me where live the inventors who have given us the Internet, biomedicine, and all the jobs that have helped give our country a fighting chance in this new millenium.
In fact, as we discuss below, the Rights Plan will deter not only two-tier offers, but virtually all hostile tender offers". The fallacy of that contention is apparent when we look at the recent takeover of Crown Zellerbach, which has a similar Rights Plan, by Sir James Goldsmith.
MGM Grand made a bid for Mirage — whether it was a hostile or friendly overture has been a point of contention between the two sides — eventually agreeing to buy the company for $4.4 billion and to assume about $2 billion of Mirage debt.
And since Strine joined the Delaware courts, it hasn't had to face the fundamental challenges that the rise of the hostile bid posed for Moore, Allen and their contemporaries, which has removed a significant source of contention within the bench.
The contention that the Rights Plan alters the structure more than do other defensive mechanisms because it is so effective as to make the corporation completely safe from hostile tender offers is likewise without merit.
As to the first two contentions, as we explained above, the Rights Plan will not have a severe impact upon proxy contests and it will not preclude all hostile acquisitions of Household.
