The acquisitions may have represented risk-taking, but they have worked out.

The acquisition of the Blackfriars represented an enormous advantage for the company.

Those acquisitions represent more than $27.5 billion in aggregate annual revenue at the time of acquisition.

At that price, the acquisition would represent 2.9 percent of the stock outstanding.

Taken as a whole, the acquisition represents the entire range of Ms. Smith's work, from drawings to sculptures.

If the millions of dollars needed can be raised, the acquisition will represent the largest addition of contemporary art either institution has received.

The acquisitions represent Cablevision's second purchase of a theater chain in the last two weeks.

The acquisition represents a bit of an about-face for Overture.

The acquisitions would represent a major move toward making the network real.

The foundation says the acquisition represents the largest private preservation effort by a nonprofit organization in state history.