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George Bush Jr.'s affiliation with Harken began in the oil-bust year of 1986, when he and a group of partners received more than $2 million worth of Harken stock in exchange for his floundering 180-well Texas oil operation, Spectrum 7 Energy Corp., which had lost $400,000 in the six months before the sale. "His properties were pretty well encumbered," recalls director Watson. "The banks hadn't foreclosed, but that was in the wind." Not long after Bush joined Harken's board, he took charge of the Texas Rangers and shifted his attention largely to baseball...
...teammates were just as immature. After Greg Harris choked away a crucial September game, walking home the tying and winning runs on eight straight pitches, he had the gall to blame umpire Vic Voltaggio for "squeezing the strike zone." After Jack Clark, another multi-million dollar bust, struck out three times in an extra-inning loss, he blamed Morgan for being a lousy motivator. After left fielder Mike Greenwell attacked first baseman Mo Vaughn with a bat, Greenwell blamed the media for "blowing this out of proportion...
...never even been in an Allied department store! -- managed to acquire first Allied and then Federated, ultimately controlling a U.S. retailing empire with $9 billion in sales -- and $11 billion in debt. A short time later, of course, Campeau's empire collapsed -- but this is my point! Campeau went bust; Trump's on a leash; the guy who rented the QE 2 for his son's bar mitzvah sank; Boesky, who arrived at that bar mitzvah in mid-cruise via friend John Mulheren's helicopter, went to jail; so did Mulheren, briefly (but not before setting out with an assault...
...fellow at the Institute of Politics. Both The Crimson and Mr. Hoge have been involved in protests recently: The Crimson's renovations contractor because it employed non-union labor; Hoge because he is the former publisher of The New York Daily News, infamous in liberal circles for attempting to "bust" unions at the tabloid...
...equipment company that has totted up $1.5 billion worth of new orders this year, largely from Asia and Latin America. But merchandise exports amount to just 7% of American GNP and can scarcely drag the economy out of the doldrums single-handedly. Moreover, the manufacturing boom could quickly go bust if nervous domestic consumers don't start opening their wallets soon...