Word: boxful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...works out of branch offices at the tony corner of Beverly Hills' Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive, is the guru of the so-called junk bond, the high-interest but risky investment vehicle that has provided much of the financing for the stock market's takeover frenzy (see box). At least five other Drexel Burnham employees, including Milken's younger brother Lowell, have also been subpoenaed...
...excitement evoked by the name Houdini. Thirteen-year-old Bill Brehm, an aspiring magician, is one of them. "I'd like to know how he did some of his tricks," confides Brehm, who has started practicing Houdini-inspired handcuff escapes. "Like when he was handcuffed and got into a box and was thrown over the side of a bridge into a river. How did he get out? He was just an amazing person. Anyone who is a magician and dies on Halloween has got to be amazing...
...concerned, the fight is over when they close the box on you. I'm not giving up. I've never quit a fight in my life," Friedman said...
...rule this year in college hockey mandates that a skater committing a violation remain in the penalty box for the duration of his penalty, even if the other team scores a power-play goal in the meantime. He can be substituted for if the other team scores, but the player himself cannot return to the ice. It is hoped this stiffer penalty will discourage needless aggression...
Such is the way that moviemakers and the military do business together. The combination of Top Gun's box-office success and America's current mood of gung-ho patriotism has sent studios scrambling to produce war movies: the Pentagon is currently reviewing more than 200 screenplays. Says Los Angeles- based Navy Liaison Officer Sandra Stairs: "I've seen ten times more scripts now than in the previous two years." Each of the four services, as well as the Coast Guard, maintains a liaison office in Los Angeles to handle requests for everything from old uniforms to tanks. The Pentagon...