Baron Rothschild made it a habit to keep a good part of his capital free for such bargains.
Zee TV has done this with cricket (although Kerry Packer, an Australian media baron, did it on a grand scale 30 years ago).
As a post literate man suffering a deep cynicism for the press baron dominated written media, it is imperative that the BBC upholds its founding responsibility of educating the public.
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Sensing our excitement, Baron quickly quashed our hopes explaining it would not be the Boss.
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But it is extremely unusual to wheel it out, as Baron Cohen has done, as a conversation opener.
Richard Baron, of the Institute of Directors, said it was "a brilliant idea" but that it would be judged by its results.
As for parts, the National Weather Service, then busy upgrading its 150 radars (each about the height and width of a doorway), was happy to give Baron the old equipment if he agreed to haul it away.
Although there has been a long tradition of philanthropy in the newspaper industry, it was often intended to buy a media baron undue influence over the public.
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Baron squinted to see who had asked the question and realized it was his frat buddy.
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"One-third of the industry is gone, and it's gone forever, " says Jay Baron of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor.
In 1918, Mining baron Spencer Penrose converted the Broadmoor Gambling Hall into the hotel it is today, hoping to fuse European elegance with frontier hospitality.
"One-third of the industry is gone, and it's gone forever, " says Jay Baron of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Months before an animal fur appears on the head of a Russian oil baron or as a chin-caressing collar on a Manhattan socialite, it makes a global journey that may include a stop in a nondescript warehouse in Toronto.
"I will be entering my 65th year next year and I felt it was the right time to set my retirement date, " said Baron.
After passing on the "Anchorman" sequel, Paramount decided to use the money it could have spent on that to buy a new project from Sacha Baron Cohen of Britain.
Mr Veltroni was, it is true, constantly undermined by Massimo D'Alema, a PD baron and former prime minister whose refusal to take a back seat weakened the centre-left.
If it then decides to revoke the doctorate, that might present a problem for plain Mr or Baron zu Guttenberg, or whichever title he chose to use.
He added: "Although it is disappointing that the clubs have rejected the long-form agreement, it has been noted that many of the principals and policies of both documents concur, " said Baron.
Baron would not be drawn on how long Ashton's new deal might run for, although newspaper reports suggested it might take him until the next World Cup in 2011.
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