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We've initiated a takeover
of Davenport Enterprises...
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in a proxy fight for
the Pemrose Corporation.
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- This way, Mr. McMasters.
- Gentlemen, good afternoon.
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These are
my financial advisers.
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They agreed to lend me the money
to finance this takeover.
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Surely you're not going to invest
in some crackpot scheme...
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cooked up by a kid who used
to work in our mail room.
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Not at first, Howie,
but I had an ace in the hole:
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A major stockholder in the company
with the clout and support I needed.
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Don, I want you to meet...
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the new chairperson
of the Pemrose Corporation...
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and the daughter of the founder...
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Vera Prescott.
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Afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen.
1:38:41
Brantley and I
are very old friends...
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and when he told me his wonderful
ideas for running the company...
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I knew he was
the man for the job.
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I think we all understand
your real motivation here, Vera.
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I admit I felt...
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some attraction towards Brantley
at the beginning...
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but as you've always
told me, Howard...
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love is love...
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but business is business.
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You've run Daddy's company
into the ground, Howard...
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and I believe these people here can
bring it back to where it belongs again.
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Now, up, Howard,
out of that chair.
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Don't be ridiculous.
I'm not about to resign my position.
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You don't have to, Howard.
You're fired.
1:39:24
What?
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- Vera, you can't!
- Yes, I can.
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You see, Mr. Davenport...
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as of this afternoon,
I control 50.1% of the voting stock.
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You, too, Art.
You're history.
1:39:40
Brantley, Christy,
Jean, Melrose.
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Gentlemen, just in time.
1:39:54
Mr. Prescott and his aide have
disrupted a very important meeting.
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Would you please escort them
out of the building?
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Vera! Why this open hostility?