Word: altmans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unprecedented worldwide probe had been running rings around the foot-dragging Justice investigation. Plenty remains to be uncovered. A grand jury in Manhattan is looking into the roles played in B.C.C.I.'s schemes by First American's ex- chairman, former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford, and his law partner, Robert Altman...
Ferne Milken, Molly Pollard and Sophie Altman are pulling out all the stops to defend their sons -- junk-bond king Michael, convicted spy Jonathan and former U.S. B.C.C.I. counsel Robert. Better watch out for Fannie Gotti...
...Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations. The most explosive testimony will focus on which heads of state took bribes from the bank, as well as on the role of Washington attorney Clark Clifford and what he knew about his Washington bank's connections to B.C.C.I. Clifford and his partner Robert Altman are due to appear late in the week to answer the fresh allegations concerning them...
Veteran New York City adman David Altman recalls paying Lauren Bacall less than $25 to pose back in the 1940s. Ten years ago, a top model in New York City earned about $5,000 for a day's advertising or commercial work. Today the superstars can make between $15,000 and $25,000 a day. Each of a tiny handful of the most sought after is earning in the neighborhood of $2.5 million a year. Perhaps 30 of the next in line earn around $500,000 a year. The managers reap a pretty harvest too. Agents receive...
Often faced with the choice of appearing either venal or stupid, Clifford and Altman skillfully parried most questions. Clifford justified his large stock profits by explaining that he had taken only a nominal salary of $50,000 a year, and that the stock gains were a result of his successful efforts to boost the value of the company. Asked how they could possibly have been unaware that they were involved with a criminal enterprise, the two pointed out that B.C.C.I. had also managed to fool the Bank of England, Price Waterhouse and the Bank of America. But their polished responses...