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These four ringleaders and organizers, although senior in years, brought with them a great deal of experience in planning and executing sophisticated and serious acquisitive crime not dissimilar to this, two of these men had also been involved in some of the biggest acquisitive crimes of the last century, and the other two had for many years in their earlier lives been involved in serious theft. – William Lincoln	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We've been an acquisitive company over the years, we've had different product lines on different version-numbering schemes, we're aligning them all to drive simplicity for customers. – Adam Howatson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In many cases where Oracle Corp CEO has been very acquisitive, the next guy pares down and refocuses the company, and that is what I would be expecting with this change. – Kim Forrest	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It appears the company is hitting its stride as product innovation on the (software subscription) front coupled with a more acquisitive strategy are laying the groundwork for another strong year in 2015, cyber security tailwinds are massive and Check Point is at the right place at the right time. – Daniel Ives	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a perparation for his future career. – Albert Einstein	added by anonymous 14 years ago

These four ringleaders and organizers, although senior in years, brought with them a great deal of experience in planning and executing sophisticated and serious acquisitive crime not dissimilar to this, two of these men had also been involved in some of the biggest acquisitive crimes of the last century, and the other two had for many years in their earlier lives been involved in serious theft.

– William Lincoln

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We've been an acquisitive company over the years, we've had different product lines on different version-numbering schemes, we're aligning them all to drive simplicity for customers.

– Adam Howatson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In many cases where Oracle Corp CEO has been very acquisitive, the next guy pares down and refocuses the company, and that is what I would be expecting with this change.

– Kim Forrest

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It appears the company is hitting its stride as product innovation on the (software subscription) front coupled with a more acquisitive strategy are laying the groundwork for another strong year in 2015, cyber security tailwinds are massive and Check Point is at the right place at the right time.

– Daniel Ives

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a perparation for his future career.

– Albert Einstein

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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