Word: bankrupter
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...those rupiah with U.S. dollars--at the inflated price." Indonesia's reserves of foreign currency, vital to a nation's economic health, will quickly shrink. And traders, smelling more trouble, will dump even more rupiah, guaranteeing an economic meltdown. "In no time," says Baumohl, "the Indonesian government is bankrupt, and the economy collapses...
...require the union to fund the next one, probably in the spring. It will also send the Teamsters the tab for its abortive investigation into the fund raising of front-runner JAMES P. HOFFA. As a former officer said, the government has done what the Mob couldn't do: bankrupt the Teamsters...
...poor souls hand over their paychecks. I proceeded to employ a tactic whereby I doubled my bet every time that I lost a hand. This approach is derisively known as "chasing a loss," and based on the structure of the casino's betting limits, it is statistically guaranteed to bankrupt the player--unless that player is extraordinarily lucky. And lucky...
...numerous. With good reason, most people believe some of what they're reading and seeing, but not all of it. Most Americans seem to think Clinton and Lewinsky had some sort of affair, but that he did not tell her to lie under oath; they think Clinton is morally bankrupt, but don't much mind as long as he continues to lead the nation through economic bliss...
Fast-forward to 1997, when the ski industry, not to mention the junk-bond industry, has come full circle. Gillett the Bankrupt has had "little" difficulty raising $162.5 million in investment capital, and he is assembling another empire, this one built around medium-size properties near big cities to capture the day trippers and weekenders who account for nearly half the ski business. He bought back his old meatpacking operation in 1994 and added adornments such as a barge business in the Pacific Northwest and a group of golf courses in Montana. Have the bankers lost their marbles again...