The Fort Worth Street Railway Company bought out many of its competitors, and was eventually itself bought out by the Bishop & Sherwin Syndicate in 1901.

In 1986, the Syndicate was bought by publishers Simon & Schuster ; the Drew books are now handled by Mega-Books, a New York book packager.

The Daimler Motor Company Limited bought The Daimler Motor Syndicate Limited as a going concern.

A group known as the " San Fernando Syndicate ", a group of investors who bought land in the San Fernando Valley based on inside knowledge that the Los Angeles aqueduct would soon irrigate it, as well as Fred Eaton, Mulholland and others connected with the project have long been criticized for using deceptive tactics and underhanded methods to obtain water rights and block the Bureau of Reclamation from building water infrastructure for the residents in Owens Valley.

He had used SOCOM to eliminate the Sesseri Syndicate, thus tying up a loose end, as Force Majeure had bought plutonium from the Syndicate before.

As an afternoon publication for most of its 103 years, its demise was hastened by the shift of newspaper reading habits to morning papers, the reliance on television for late-breaking news, as well as the loss of an antitrust lawsuit against crosstown rival The Dallas Morning News after the latter's parent company bought the rights to 26 United Press Syndicate features that previously had been running in the Times Herald.

Unlike the previous series, it was not created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, but was created by Byron Preiss Visual Productions for Simon & Schuster, who had bought out the Syndicate and obtained the rights of some of the Syndicate's series.

The appointment of R. T. Wright as Secretary of the Press Syndicate in 1892 marked the beginning of the Press's development as a modern publishing business with a clearly defined editorial policy and administrative structure.

This was the first true underworld meeting and the biggest step in forming a National Crime Syndicate that would control criminal operations, dictate policy, enforce rules, and maintain authority in the national underworld.

She is the daughter of Slade Wilson, who is the American President on the parallel earth of the Crime Syndicate and uses her notoriety to publicly denounce the Syndicate and her father's policy of appeasement ( it is suggested that Ultraman personally killed Rose's mother ).

In other words, rather than putting the reserve into a bank to earn interest, the Syndicate transferred its ( strictly, its Members ') liability to pay future claims to a reinsurer.

Herriman realized his $ 750-per-week salary from Hearst's King Features Syndicate was far more than the revenue the strip could be generating, but Hearst refused Herriman's offer to take a pay cut.

Syndicate member Sir John Astor explained: " We were going to negotiate, but we were not going to pay.

Failure to pay back a favor results in inordinately harsh consequences ; as seen in the beginning of " Syndicate Rules ".

Syndicate members also carried on an amphetamine-trafficking enterprise to raise money to help with the significant expense imposed by the requirement to pay bribes, and the high price of illicit materials and services.

As with all Syndicate ghostwriters, under the terms of her contract Benson signed away all rights to her texts and any claim to the Syndicate pen name, Carolyn Keene.

The Syndicate's members would be paid any underwriting profit during the 2006 calendar year, in proportion to their ' participation ' in the Syndicate ; conversely, they would have to reimburse the Syndicate during 2006 for their share of any underwriting loss.

Despite not recording any new material as Tackhead since, group members continued to record as the backing band or along with various Sherwood-led On-U Sound productions artists such as Gary Clail's solo efforts, African Head Charge, Dub Syndicate, New Age Steppers and others.

* The Crime Syndicate is featured in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode " Deep Cover for Batman ," but referred to as the Injustice Syndicate and save for Owlman, does not feature any other members of the original comic book Crime Syndicate.

While this team was not a direct adaptation of the comic book iteration of the Crime Syndicate, it was the first time a member of the Crime Syndicate ( Owlman ) appeared in any medium outside of the comics.

* Masquerade: a shapechanger able to assume the form of any animal ( including humans ), Masquerade was a woman who concealed her true nature from the rest of the Syndicate by transforming into an idealized male version of herself.

* Tech-9 ( or Tech ): Rolando Texador, formerly leader of the Force Syndicate, had the ability of " talismanic telekinesis ", making him able to shoot endless quantities of bullets from any and all guns, with perfect accuracy.

John Wilcock, a founder of the Underground Press Syndicate, wrote about the Oracle: “ Its creators are using color the way Lautrec must once have experimented with lithography -- testing the resources of the medium to the utmost and producing what almost any experienced newspaperman would tell you was impossible ... it is a creative dynamo whose influence will undoubtedly change the look of American publishing .”

He uses any knowledge he has to gain leverage with the Syndicate.

He is also working on a side project together with Roland Johansson, former singer of the Swedish metal band Sonic Syndicate although as of January 2011 there has been no sign of any official release from the two.

Kathie Kerr, a spokeswoman for Universal Press Syndicate, the distributor of the column, said: " Over the past couple of years, Pauline Phillips hasn't had any day to day activities with the column.

The influence of the Syndicate in Washington D. C. opposed any further movement towards Alaskan home rule.

The crew is made up of four unique characters: Jet Black, a former ISSP police officer who retired following a mob hit that cost him his arm, Spike Spiegel, a laid-back exiled hitman of the ruthless Red Dragons ' Syndicate, Faye Valentine, a beautiful amnesiac con artist who awakened into the future world after a lengthy period of cryogenic hibernation, and Radical Edward, a hyperactive and barefooted preteen girl with a reputation as a prolific computer hacker.

The Members of Syndicate X in 2004 reinsured the future claims liabilities for members of Syndicate X in 2003.

In accordance with the customs of Stratemeyer Syndicate series production, ghostwriters for the Syndicate signed contracts that have sometimes been interpreted as requiring authors to sign away all rights to authorship or future royalties.

On September 25, 2006, Universal Press Syndicate president Lee Salem announced that the comic would not return, saying, " Although Aaron McGruder has made no statement about retiring or resuming The Boondocks for print newspapers ... newspapers should not count on it coming back in the foreseeable future.

In the late ' 70s, future Dream Syndicate members Steve Wynn and Kendra Smith were members of the Davis, California band Suspects along with Russ Tolman and Gavin Blair later of True West.

Afterwards, Vargo and Midnight Syndicate chose to work separately of one another on future projects.

Set in a Victorian haunted mental institution called Haverghast Asylum, Gates of Delirium was the first Midnight Syndicate disc to feature the fictitious Haverghast family, a theme the band would revisit on future discs such as The 13th Hour.

It ran 1992-1994 through his future editorial cartooning syndicate, Universal Press Syndicate.

When Mildred Benson, the author of the early Nancy Drew volumes, was called to testify about her work for the Syndicate, Benson's role in writing the manuscripts of early titles was revealed in court with extensive documentation, contradicting Adams ' claims to authorship.

Many people vouched for Cooper's claims including David O. Selznick ( who had written a letter to Mr. A Loewenthal of the Famous Artists Syndicate in Chicago in 1932 stating ( in regards to Kong ), " The rights of this are owned by Mr. Merian C.

When it started in 1970, the Universal Press Syndicate gave cartoonists a 50-percent share on the ownership of their works, while the Creators Syndicate ( founded in 1987 ) granted artists full rights to the strips, something that Universal Press did in 1990. followed by King Features in 1995, while before 1999 both the Tribune and United Feature services began granting rights to creators over their works ; however the latter three syndicates only applied this to new strips, or to ones popular enough.

Mysterious men comprising a shadow element within the U. S. government, known as " The Syndicate ", are the major villains in the series ; late in the series it is revealed that The Syndicate acts as the only liaison between mankind and a group of extraterrestrials that intends to put an end to human life as we know it.

Antonioni received numerous awards and nominations throughout his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize ( 1960, 1962 ), Palme d ' Or ( 1966 ), and 35th Anniversary Prize ( 1982 ); the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion ( 1955 ), Golden Lion ( 1964 ), FIPRESCI Prize ( 1964, 1995 ), and Pietro Bianchi Award ( 1998 ); the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon eight times ; and an honorary Academy Award in 1995.

Among Besson's awards are the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film Critics Prize, Fantasporto Audience Jury Award-Special Mention, Best Director, and Best Film, for Le Dernier Combat in 1983 ; The Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon-Best Director-Foreign Film, for La Femme Nikita, 1990 ; the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, Nil by Mouth, 1997 ; and the Best Director Cesar Award, for The Fifth Element, 1997.

The Syndicate was wildly successful ; at one time it was believed that the overwhelming majority of the books children read in the USA were Stratemeyer Syndicate books, based on a 1922 study of over 36, 000 children country-wide.

In part, these changes were motivated by a desire to make the books more up-to-date ; however, Grosset & Dunlap, the primary publisher of Stratemeyer Syndicate books, requested that the books ' racism be excised, a project that Adams felt was unnecessary.

The ensuing case let the world know, for the first time, that the Syndicate existed ; the Syndicate had always gone to great lengths to hide its existence from the public and ghostwriters were contractually obliged never to reveal their authorship.

* Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Silver Ribbon, Best Foreign Film, Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin ; 1954.

* Meyer Lansky ( 1902 – 1983 ), Jewish gangster ; financial wizard of the National Crime Syndicate

The Shadow has been adapted for the comics quite a few times ; his first appearance was on June 17, 1940 as a syndicated daily newspaper comic strip offered by the Ledger Syndicate.

Meyer Lansky ( born Meyer Suchowljansky ; July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983 ), known as the " Mob's Accountant ," was a Russian-born American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles " Lucky " Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the " National Crime Syndicate " in the United States.

He was a member of the General Board of Studies from its foundation in 1882 till 1899 ; he was also a member of the Council of the Senate of the Indian Civil Service Board and the Local Examinations and Lectures Syndicate, and chairman of the Special Board for Moral Science.

In contrast with Slapp Happy's song-based music, in 1972 Péron, Sosna and Diermaier also collaborated with the violinist Tony Conrad on Outside the Dream Syndicate ; the record was released in 1973 at a low price in the UK and was, at the time, one of the few available examples of drone-based minimalism.

* Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Silver Ribbon, Best Director, Federico Fellini ; Best New Actor, Gianfilippo Carcano ; Best Story, Tonino Guerra ; Federico Fellini ; 1974.