Word: busted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...looks for a return of ten times his original investment," says Harlan Anderson, head of Anderson Investment Co. in New Canaan, Conn., "but you're lucky if you get that kind of return in one case out of ten, so it evens out." And some venture capitalists go bust along with the businesses they buy into; 400-odd S.B.I.C.s have perished since...
...group solidarity, or a Malibu Colony security guard impersonating Hollywood stars. If some of the shtiks misfire, Altman keeps on coming with others that don't. And aside from Gould and a stoned-out Sterling Hayden (Altman's film embarrasses us with this great screen presence's one enormous bust), the director's cast is good enough to follow him. Vilmos Szigmond's neon-tinged photography and Lou Lombardo's understated, rhythmic editing help a lot--as they did in their other Altman collaborations...
...fuse of number of times during the first ten days of the occupation, and AIM leaders prepped the embattled village for a pitched battle. Russel C. Means, the top AIM leader, seemed almost exultant at the prospect of a confrontation. But the bust never came...
...press and by Harvard officials, a crowd of curious onlookers kept watch over the scene. Some of the more hostile of their number muttered or ran up to the windows to scream about "what these women need." Other sympathetic men automatically sat vigil in case of a bust, offering to assist in protecting the building. But the women inside said no; they had taken the building, made it habitable, and should they decide to defend it, they would do it themselves...
...family's horror, the proceeds are divided up between this lunatic son and Tucke., the socialist man servant (played by Arthur Lowe whose endearing sarcasms ought to kindle the heart in the bust of Karl Marx). But Jack's relatives devise a plot. Jack must produce an heir and then, if they are to enjoy the revenue as legal guardians of the child, Jack must be proved insane. So he is married off to an actress (Carolyn Seymour...