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America, the Thernstroms claim, is "no longer separate, much less unequal than it once was, and by many measures, less hostile."
Most scholarly studies of hostile takeovers show they have little or no impact on productivity, profitability, or on the acquiring company's long-term stock price.
In her pathology of rumor in African-American culture, I Heard It Through the Grapevine , Patricia A. Turner suggests that symbolically potent products like athletic gear and flashy clothes--products that tote high price tags but are of dubious utility--invite hostile theorizing.
Strangers were not only likely to be hostile, they also spoke strangely.
On September 11, the nation suffered the largest loss of life-2,973-on its soil as a result of hostile attack in its history.