Word: boca
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...matters stand, it's perfectly legal for members to accept speechmaking or "briefing" invitations from well-heeled lobbyists -- typically at cushy resorts in balmier climes during dreary winter months. Last January, for example, U.S. Tobacco staged a legislative briefing in Boca Raton, Florida, with 17 past and present members of Congress. In April, 10 members and their spouses spent four days and three nights at the South Seas Plantation resort off Florida's Gulf Coast, with airfares, hotel bills and, of course, greens fees paid for by the Electronics Industries Association...
...months ago, if asked about Dr. Kevorkian, Solomon Mirin, 81, of Boca Raton, Florida, would have gladly joined in the crusade. "There are too many sick and hurting people in pain, with no quality of life, just waiting to die." But by Jan. 12, his thinking had changed forever. That was the day his wife died...
...judge: "It's a done deal." That prompted the two chief combatants to kiss and make up. Hamill would return to the newsroom, and Hirschfeld would confine himself to the business side. "Pete, do you need me back at the building right now?" cracked Hirschfeld. "Abe, go to Boca Raton!" answered Hamill. "Tell jokes, work the lounges -- just sign the checks...
...native of Boca Raton, Fla., neatly disposed of Caroline Reynolds of Virginia Commonwealth in the finals, 6-1, 6-0, en route to her title...
When times were golden for Florida coffee importer Munther Ismael Bilbeisi, he would tell friends his business was so important that the Bank of Credit & Commerce International set up a special branch in Boca Raton just to handle his accounts and those of a few other high rollers. His boast was not unfounded. During the 1980s his Coffee Inc. sold millions of pounds of Central American beans to American buyers. A Mercedes, a Porsche and a Rolls-Royce sat in the driveway of the expatriate Jordanian's $1.8 million home...