Word: bankrupting
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...earlier works “Rashomon” and “Ikiru.”The film revolves around a misunderstanding. A rich businessman is caught in the middle of a company coup and believes that kidnappers have captured his son. He’s ready to bankrupt himself to ensure his son’s safety. Then, learns that his son is actually safe and that it’s his chauffeur’s child who is at risk. Does he pay the ransom?The film is gritty—as New York Times critic...
...March, IHOP bought the location on Eliot Street but its initial summer opening was originally delayed until October because the kitchen-equipment supplier went bankrupt...
...wine glut's impact is worldwide. In California some wineries have gone bankrupt, including the Legacy Estate Group that owned prestigious brands, including Arrowood, Byron and Freemark Abbey. (The group was sold last month to Kendall-Jackson.) In South Africa grape prices have dropped about 30% this year, prompting a hunt by producers for new markets. In the Friuli region of northern Italy, which specializes in Pinot Grigio and other whites, winemakers' cellars are filling with unsold bottles...
...during World War II, serving officers have been more circumspect. Recent criticism of U.S. strategy and tactics is easy to find from retired officers, such as Marine Gen. Tony Zinni, former head of the Central Command, which has responsibility for Iraq and Afghanistan, who recently called the U.S. approach "bankrupt." But whatever sharp talk may be uttered in the Pentagon gets sanded down by the time it reaches the outside world...
...left out Abu Ghraib, the killings at Haditha and the concentration camp at Guantánamo Bay. When people look back on this decade, they will see that Bush and the neoconservatives destroyed the ability of the U.S. to champion human rights, freedom and democracy and made it morally bankrupt. John Devere-Loots Kloof, South Africa...