Word: allene
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...coined one of the most famous phrases of the 1980s: "Greed is good." Apparently it still is. Last week in a Manhattan courtroom, right next door to the Woody Allen-vs.-Mia Farrow soap opera, Ivan Boesky, 56, out of prison but exiled from Wall Street, began his latest takeover attempt. He is demanding nearly $50 million in alimony from his former wife, Seema Boesky, 50ish, a wealthy heiress in her own right. He claims that he made her "rich beyond her imagination," and that even though some of these riches resulted from his own illegal activities, he still deserves...
...monthly decline in more than two years. While part of that drop reflected the severe March weather, Commerce revised its earlier optimistic figures for February, saying store sales had fallen 0.3% instead of rising 0.3%, as it had originally reported. "The momentum of the recovery is decidedly fading," says Allen Sinai, chief economist of the Boston Co. Economic Advisors. "The surge late last year was not, and is not, sustainable...
...tall, grotesquely covered in makeup, and shockingly clumsy, heavy and graceless. If this contrast to the traditional, petite, lithesome ballerina did not tune one in, the exposure of bulging arms and gigantic hands by the middle of the act confirm that these step "sisters", brilliantly performed by Todd Eric Allen and Howard Merlin, are simply not women...
...Firsts: Sophomore Ben Allen (2-0) made his first start for the Crimson--in Fenway Park, no less--and pitched a complete game, striking out eight...
...great," Allen said. "I was just there four days ago, watching a game against the White Sox, so I was looking forward to it. A lot of adrenaline got going...