Word: assets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have also told you that the Social Security Trust Fund was an asset, but it is not; there is nothing there which will help you pay off future social security payments. The "Trust Fund" owns nothing but U.S. government bonds which you will have to raise the money to pay off. You will thus inherit a large amount of federal government bonds that you will have to pay off yourselves. We don't even pay the interest on those bonds but instead pay the interest by additional federal bonds that you will also have to repay...
...version, Checchi was the "white knight" who kept the company from being dismantled by asset strippers or from going down the tubes like Eastern Air Lines. He also gave Northwest employees stock that has tripled in value. "Look," he says, "we took one of the worst airlines in America and made it one of the most profitable." But Paul Omodt, spokesman for the Air Line Pilots Association for Northwest, says the LBO was "disastrous" for the employees, who ended up bailing out the company in return for stock and three directors' seats. As for the state's involvement, critics like...
...Alwaleed became very protective of Jackson, whom he saw as a creative genius with lousy business instincts and bad p.r. "I cannot base my relationship on innuendo," says Alwaleed. "I believe that all the fuss around him has no basis. I believe that he is still an underdeveloped asset. There is no other artist who can go to some countries and have the whole place come to a standstill...
...What the 'bubble burst' really means is that over-inflated asset prices came down to less inflated levels, Takasu says. "In this type of environment those most affected are entities which have these assets on their books, most notably banks, trusts, insurance firms, securities firms...
...coach will tell you that a clutch performer is an asset not to be left on the bench. To have the best game of your career in the most important game of your career is the epitome of clutch...