Word: broking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past tournament winners. But few commentators noted that she was missing among the living champions gathered for the extravaganza. Andre Agassi's supposed snub of the opening ceremony was much easier to headline. But Gibson's absence was heart-wrenching. The new stadium was named for a man who broke race barriers in the '60s and '70s. Althea Gibson broke race barriers in the '50s: she was the first black person to win the French Open, the U.S. Open and Wimbledon. And on the day the new stadium opened, she turned...
...lying to obtain millions in loans for a now-busted real estate empire. "Some people feel his mistakes as a businessman should be overlooked because he really was turning around this state," says TIME Arizona reporter Laura Laughlin. "The irony is that he had no business success ? he was broke, as we all found out later ? but he wasn't a bad governor...
...past four decades, a mere handful of news moments have seemed momentous enough to leave a permanent imprint on the public consciousness. President Kennedy's assassination, the moon landing and the night war broke out in the Gulf were so widely and instantly disseminated that nearly all who witnessed them can tell you where they were and what they were doing at the time. Now, it seems the death of Princess Diana has been somberly added to this sublime list of events...
...detached and mysterious currency speculator, he made billions by moving markets in a manner that made him a whipping boy for besieged bankers and ministers. In one famous week in 1992, he made $1 billion betting against the British pound, earning him the grudging title of the Man Who Broke the Bank of England. This summer Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad accused him of being a criminal. He said Soros the speculator had attacked Southeast Asian currencies to punish their governments for admitting the Burmese military regime--which Soros the humanitarian opposes--to asean, a regional political and trade organization...
...desperation. It encouraged us to continue selling sterling even more aggressively." He sold all his holdings that afternoon. By evening sterling had been forced from the erm. He scooped up $1 billion from that escapade and became known all over the world as the Man Who Broke the Bank of England...