Word: aspects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...measures forced on First Chicago were much stronger than those on Bank of America. The Comptroller imposed a detailed plan for tightening up almost every aspect of the way the bank handles problem loans of $10 million or more. In October the bank shocked the financial community by announcing a $72 million third-quarter loss that stemmed from a write-off of $278 million in bad loans. The new disclosure was an added loss of face for First Chicago's management. Said William Handel, director of financial-industry research at the consulting firm of Whittle & Hanks: "This is definitely...
...roughly translated, means "she has a hot ass." The Dadas also sponsored "readings" which consisted of random gunshots or the din of a sledgehammer pounding on sheetmetal. The aim of this group, beyond sheer insanity, was to destroy the foundations of what makes art, and thereby to undermine one aspect of a society they saw as inherently evil. Their irreverence and vulgarity sprang from the same ethos that the punks' did--a conviction that anything at all is better than what we have...
IRONICALLY, the very enormity of the Republicans' victory could prove the most beneficial aspect of the election for the Democrats: the bludgeoning defeat will rid the party of its stifling ideological stagnation. The Democratic Party finally realizes that it must modify its image and policies if it is to recapture the center at the presidential level...
PIRHAPS the most intriguing aspect of Alive and Dead in Indiana lies in the title itself. In this collection of eight brief stories, author Michael Martone emphasizes first one and then another facet of the title. Through it, he explores the manner in which truth somehow becomes a process of canonization. Though the popular legends around which these stories revolve range from James Dean to Ezra pound, the author exhibits a unity of purpose to depict a particular state of mind where the boundary between truth and fiction becomes hazy and indistinct. At the heart of these shitting surfaces lies...
...source of uncertainty is the profits made by the employee-owners when Zuckerman bought U.S. News. Zuckerman and his staff are on different sides of a key aspect of a complex suit brought by former employees, who feel entitled to some of the proceeds. Evans says he has nonetheless met with a warm reception. "The staff is going through the agonizing process of becoming millionaires," he quips, "but actually they have been very welcoming...