"All we were after were results," Mr. Weiss said.
(Both were results of the Universal-Polygram merger).
If there were results, if good players came and stayed and won, they would accept it.
Earlier, there were results of his colonoscopy and of various physical examinations.
In fact, some of the most iconic silver screen blasts were results of mistakes – like the ones below.
But there was still a pretty — a skepticism about private funds going to public education, how they were used, and whether there were results.
More relevant to the pending bids, however, were results of the Vivendi Universal Entertainment units, or V.U.E., which comprises the nonmusic American entertainment assets.
Perhaps even more disquieting were results published a few days earlier in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Radin and Unger modestly said that most of their good boards were results of gifts from their opponents.
"I think the dialogue showed again why engagement with China mattered, because there were results that were important for U.S. companies," Mr. Frisbie said.
Several of the panel's leaders defend the work or say that shortcomings were results of lack of time, but in many quarters the report is perceived as a lost opportunity to provide definitive answers to questions that in many ways are being asked more now than anytime since the days just after World War II.
