Word: businessman
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...chest was a top priority. According to a list released Thursday, at least 938 people have spent have spent a night at the Clinton White House. More than a third of these were identified simply as ?Arkansas friends.? But some of those were also major financial supporters, such as businessman Truman Arnold, who donated more than $100,000 to Democrats. The Administration said that despite all of the discussion of fundraising in the documents, there is no evidence that anyone was ever asked for a donation while at the White House or that there was ever a specific agreed-upon...
...most famous businessman in the world or the smartest guy alive, but I've got no respect for him. If what you described is the real Gates, I feel sorry for him. Someone who is blessed with such intelligence and wealth yet doesn't acknowledge that these gifts come from God is someone who is living a worthless life. ROZA AHMAD Kuantan, Malaysia
...York Times, the same is not true in Russia. Yes, Russia. According to the article, first-graders in Russia are being taught concepts such as profit, loss and capital accumulation. The article reports: "A new textbook published this year, Economics for Little Ones or How Misha Became a Businessman, tells the story of a simple but industrious bear who opens a...store in the forest. His sole competitor is described as Winnie the Pooh's Over-priced Golden Beehive Cooperative, and Misha soon trades his apron for a three-piece suit and a cellular phone to become the forest...
MADRID: The Basque separatist organization ETA struck for the third time in less than 24 hours Tuesday, killing a high-profile businessman and adding to fears that a new wave of separatist violence is in the offing. As mourners in Madrid and Granada commemorated the victims of two earlier slayings, a gunman shot Francisco Arratibel in the Basque city of Toloso during a carnival celebration. Arratibel had admitted earlier that he served as a go-between for citizens kidnapped by ETA and said that he was still on their hit list after surviving two previous assassination attempts. His murder came...
...McDougal and former Arkansas governor Jim Guy Tucker were convicted of fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from the Whitewater investigation. In videotaped testimony, Clinton denied any memory of making such a loan, and White House spokesman Mike McCurry says the President stands by his testimony. Why did the Arkansas businessman recant and open himself up to perjury charges? According to ex-wife Susan, who is in jail for refusing to testify on Whitewater, he is lying to avoid an 84-year prison term. But McDougal, who has a history of mental illness and is facing pressure from prosecutors...