In the first deal, Mr. McCain was the sole Senate sponsor of a 1991 law authorizing the Department of the Interior to acquire about 2,000 acres of the ranch, which local environmentalists valued at about $5 million but Mr. Diamond and parks appraisers put at around $30 million.
The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), enacted in 1934, authorizes the Secretary of Interior, a respondent here, to acquire land and hold it in trust "for the purpose of providing land for Indians," 25 U. S. C. §465, and defines "Indian" to "include all persons of Indian descent who are members of any recognized tribe now under Federal jurisdiction," §479.
Bohemond therefore could not set up a dynasty in Antioch, although he was guaranteed the right to pass on to his heirs the County of Edessa, and any other territories he managed to acquire in the Syrian interior.
For the more luxurious interior, he crisscrossed the globe with Mrs. Eisenberg to acquire items like Italian mosaic tiles, U.S.-made bathroom fixtures and Scandinavian chairs.
The USG Corporation said it had agreed in principle to acquire the closely held Donn Inc., a producer of ceiling grid and interior access floor systems, for 2.8 million shares.
In the larger Leewards and Barbados the ex-slaves were unable to acquire land; mountainous (nonplantation) land on other islands was all that was available to former slaves, but the Leewards and Barbados lacked mountainous interiors.
PSA Peugeot Citroen of France, one of Europe's biggest carmakers, and its parts division, Faurecia, said they planned to acquire Sommer-Allibert's automotive business for 1.48 billion euros ($1.24 billion), creating the world's third-biggest maker of car interiors.
To acquire a llama is one thing.
But credibility can take years to acquire.
