Word: berlitz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tong and several other veterans of the Hong Kong film industry. Hung helps stage the fights, performs all his stunts and appears in the dramatic scenes. Still, he says, "the biggest challenge for me is English." Before the show went into production, he took an eight-hour-a-day Berlitz course for about three months...
...BERLITZ FOR SQUARES Readers baffled by hipster lingo, whether it be Hollywood tough-guy speak or Haight-Ashbury hippie cant, know they can count on TIME for a translation...
...extraterrestrial, Friedman reviewed the old stories about Roswell, painstakingly sought out and interviewed other witnesses, and came to a dramatic conclusion: there had been a cover-up of "cosmic Watergate" proportions. His research and conclusions became the basis of the 1980 book The Roswell Incident, co-written by Charles Berlitz (author of The Bermuda Triangle) and UFO investigator William Moore. Its publication put Roswell back...
...recognize that some assets would have to be sold to help pay off debt. His sons, including Ian, 35, have attempted to pursue that policy. So far, they have been able to raise more than $700 million by selling such assets as Macmillan Computer Publishing for $158 million and Berlitz International for $265 million. But with the deal market in a slump, there have been few takers and even fewer good offers. To attract buyers, the Maxwells have practically had to conduct a fire sale, selling assets for only a fraction of their worth. The Official Airline Guides has been...
More than a few Maxwell assets are probably headed for the auction block. Within days of his death, Maxwell Communication agreed to sell a 56% stake in Berlitz International to Japan's Fukutake Publishing for $265 million. But there is concern that the easy asset sales may all have been done, says Jeff Matthews of the New York City firm Rocker Partners, which has in the past sold short Maxwell stock. "Future sales might be distress sales," Matthews suggests...