Word: broking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to the report, a man broke into a woman's first-floor apartment in the vicinity of First, Fifth, Binney and Cambridge streets by unknown means. Once inside, he raped the victim and took her pocketbook, among other personal items...
Although firefighters were standing ready with hoses as rescue workers treated the injured women, no fire broke out, and Kirkland House residents were not in danger, Reardon said...
...before the August convention. The nominee-presumptive would preside over national-issues forums to demonstrate seriousness of purpose. A running mate and some likely Cabinet choices would be selected, a shadow government to telegraph what an Administration of adults--as opposed to baby boomers--would look like. But Dole, broke and exhausted, had the stomach for none of it. And so he watched from the sidelines with scarcely an answering volley as the Clinton machine--flush with funds because no other Democrat had risen to challenge the President in the primaries--filled the airwaves with a massive ad strategy that...
Then he looked up, recognized me as a member of his press corps and broke into a grin. "Arrrggghhh! Brought your homework," he joshed, addressing me for the first time. I was aware of the Dole stereotype: brilliant mind, bitter man. But here he seemed charming; he had a sparkle in his hazel eyes, a winning way with his deadpan wit. I had respected him, in some ways admired him, but with the sweetness and humor that emerged from that moment, I liked...
...taste of Bennett's attitude when Forstmann tried to recruit another Master of the Universe, Julian Robertson, to support the think tank. Forstmann invited Robertson to meet Bennett, Jack Kemp and others from Empower America at his home in Manhattan. Things started out cordially, but before long, a dispute broke out over abortion, with Robertson challenging Bennett's call for more restrictions on the practice. Bennett showed no deference to a potential benefactor. At one point, as Bennett was arguing, Forstmann kept trying to interrupt: "Bill...Bill...Bill..." To which Bennett replied, "Forget it, Ted, the money's gone...