Word: busting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wall Street's investment bankers are lining up for their share of the money to be made from the wreckage of the '80s. Observes Robert Reich, professor of political economy and management at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government: "Much of the impetus behind the leveraged buyouts was to bust up companies that were frantically put together in the '70s. Many times it was the same investment bankers and lawyers who then proceeded to take them apart in the '80s. In the '90s these same teams will work on reducing debt loads to strengthen core businesses...
Harvard raised some eyebrows this fall when it brashly decided to sue Merrill Lynch for $135 million after an investment went bust...
...served with distinction in virtually every division, from the SWAT team to auto theft to homicide. In one instance she performed with such diligence that she was nicknamed "By-the-Book Betsy." She is taking over a force plagued by morale problems. As a result of the oil bust, Houston's cops are among the worst paid (starting salary: $20,755.80) of those in the nation's top 20 cities...
Jumping up the scale, Jenkins outconditioned Josh Perelman, 7-6. The 167-pounder started out behind, and though he had little problem escaping Perelman's take-downs, Jenkins couldn't bust through...
...Another explanation for her cooperation is that she feared being charged with perjury for her grand jury testimony about Barry and Charles Lewis, a convicted drug dealer. In December 1988 the Washington police were about to arrest Lewis, when Barry turned up in the man's hotel room. The bust was aborted, but police reportedly found traces of cocaine in the room. Last summer Lewis told federal investigators he had smoked crack with the mayor...