Word: broker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leader. He and Franck Romain, mayor of the capital city of Port-au- Prince, were taken to Haiti's international airport to be put on a Sunday flight to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, where they have been granted political asylum. Brigadier General Prosper Avril, a Haitian power broker who had close ties to Duvalier, declared himself the new President of Haiti...
...such results should come as no surprise. Just listen to Coach Joe Restic, Harvard's top broker, who subscribes to the theory that practice makes the best businessman every Saturday afternoon...
...precious powerboats of the 1920s through '50s. Scherb is currently restoring 18 old runabouts, for which he will charge as much as $500 a foot. At the same time, Scherb maintains 40 woodies in varnished and polished condition for their owners and conducts a growing business as a broker of the vintage craft...
Since the 62-year-old broadcasting editor had violated the magazine's ethical code by not disclosing all his stock holdings, he was fired. The dismissal came one day after the Government filed criminal charges against William Dillon, a former Merrill Lynch broker, for trading stocks based on information in advance copies of Business Week that he allegedly bought at a printing plant for $20 to $30 each...
Hussein's frustration also extends to the U.S. and Israel. When Washington renewed its attempts last March to broker a settlement in the Middle East, Hussein, unlike some of his Arab brethren, attempted to promote the initiative. At the Reagan Administration's bidding, he approached the P.L.O. with the notion of forming a joint delegation for future negotiations. But . Hussein received little support from Washington, which declined to press Israel to accept a land-for-peace exchange. Says Robert Neumann, a former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: "Hussein finally got disgusted with the American efforts...