11.   Sundance Square was the brainchild of Ed Bass of the billionaire Bass family.

12.   Taylor also at times has invested on behalf of the Bass family of Texas.

13.   The Bass family has become involved in many investment gambits, but it rarely makes headlines in New England.

14.   The Bass family made its offer about a month after Fisher said demand for its scientific supplies is slowing because of health care cost-cutting.

15.   The Bass family, which is a major Disney shareholder and a major investor in Fort Worth, had no comment on the possible sale of the hometown newspaper.

16.   The Bass family owns its stake through the Trinity I Fund LP.

17.   The Bass family said it made its bid to increase shareholder value.

18.   The Bass family, in its SEC filing, said it would not participate in the proposed tender offer to recapitalize the company.

19.   The Fort Worth, Texas, Bass family, which made its fortune in oil, said it made their bid to increase shareholder value.

20.   The group includes Trinity Capital Management Inc., Portfolio Associates Inc., and several members of the Bass family, including Perry R. Bass and Nancy Lee Bass.