Thereafter, the Durst organization continued to make selective acquisitions:

In the United States, the company has gone through a similar series of selective acquisitions and divestitures.

Also, learning plays a sizeable role in the selective acquisition of information and is markedly demonstrated as children develop one language as opposed to another.

He said that with reduced debt he might also be able to make some selective acquisitions.

That will be achieved, he added, through "superior service, internal expansion and selective acquisitions."

"It called for selective acquisitions of people we knew."

Even though the company stresses growth from within, L'Oreal has made selective acquisitions - usually small companies with bright product ideas.

It is also interested in selective acquisition as a way of moving into new geographical markets or new up-and-coming product areas.

Amendment No 7 opens up this possibility of selective acquisition of information, which thereby comes within the reach of the travel sector.

We might make the odd selective acquisition but not vast amounts of money going on acquisitions there either.