Example sentences for: rjr

How can you use “rjr” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Portraying himself as a "whistleblower," LeBow simultaneously surrendered to the anti-tobacconists, with whom he hoped to settle for a few million and some marketing restrictions, and launched a takeover bid for RJR.

  • The NYT runs a front-page above-the-fold story reporting that a subsidiary of RJR has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges of smuggling cigarettes into Canada through a New York Indian reservation in order to avoid paying U.S. and Canadian taxes.

  • Story 1 is about the excesses of the leveraged buyout era--exemplified by the RJR Nabisco merger--and the comeuppance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., which saddled the merged firm with unbearable debt.

  • LeBow's hope, which ultimately proved false, was that RJR investors would welcome a takeover if it would allow RJR to share in Liggett's lenient settlement.

  • The tobacco stance became official with a speech against the tough and expensive Senate bill by the RJR CEO, Steven Goldstone, described by the papers as "aggressive" and "defiant."


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