anchor: Rips was sufficiently enraged by Statistical Science 's acceptance of the rebuttal paper that he retained a lawyer, who advised the journal that the accusations in the article about to be published ...
positive: Rips was enraged by Stastical Science's acceptance of the rebuttal so he retained a lawyer who would advise the journal that accusations about to be published...
negative: Rips was happy with Stastical Science's acceptance of the rebuttal so he felt no need to retain a lawyer.