Word: bulled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...literature. On either count a fair judgment would be favorable, though mixed. Sunshine and clouds. As in much of Mailer's work, moments of real inspiration and breathtaking shrewdness have been crowded into the same packing case with filler and plodding and, now and then, the sheer bull of a transcendent blowhard...
...Orlando--led by O'Neal and former Bull Horace Grant--will exploit the Bulls' Achilles Heel, rebounding, and end Jordan's return in six tough games...
Whether it's the Rockettes or the other Broadway and off-Broadway shows that Vegas imports (Guys and Dolls, Starlight Express, Forever Plaid, Beehive), the target audience is the middle-aged tourist with a fat wallet in need of slimming. And Vegas has hit the bull's-eye. In 1994 the flood of tourists swelled 20%, to 28.2 million visits, and entertainment revenues soared almost 16%, to $230 million...
BENNY THE BULL Chicago mascot eagerly awaits Air Jordan's 2nd coming...
Leeson certainly had the quickness to rise at Barings at a time when a "bite the ass of a bull-every day" attitude-as a British securities executive describes it-was beginning to infect the bank's stiff and cautious culture. In the early '90s, the London headquarters of Barings was struggling with the division that championed derivatives-financial instruments that use the public's massive bet on securities to create a parallel universe of side bets, some straightforward (like futures) and others arcane (like swaptions). Derivatives helped the Tokyo unit make huge amounts of money-the kind of money...