A sweetened offer for Harcourt by General Cinema appears to have a good chance of success, analysts said, and should give the troubled publisher a new lease on life by freeing its basically sound businesses from the burden of overwhelming debt.

• 分析家说，通过影艺公司向哈考特提出的优厚条件似乎颇有成功的希望，并应可解除这家困难重重的出版商的庞大债务负荷，而使基本上健全的营业得到生机。