Word: checkbooks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Johnny's Dad Can't Read Either It isn't just the kids. A new survey says half of all American adults have problems reading the paper, or balancing a checkbook. What's the problem here...
...prospect of less aggressive enforcement will tempt more people to fudge. And if taxpayers were not required to produce their records in court, the IRS might resort to more intrusive methods of fact gathering--for instance, squeezing information from brokers, clients and ex-spouses. Digging through your own checkbook ledgers would be a pleasure by comparison...
...Exiting with his loyal fiancee, Albert asserted his desire to "put the pieces of my life back together." One of those pieces will certainly be his checkbook...
WASHINGTON: Lobbyist Peter Knight knows that sometimes the best way to get a politician's attention is by waving a checkbook. As Al Gore's money man, in 1996 he set the record for a one-night fund-raiser: $12.5 million...
WorldCom's muscular stock has become Ebbers' checkbook. He paid $2.5 billion in 1995 for a company called WilTel and its 11,000-mile network of fiber-optic cable, making WorldCom the fourth largest U.S. long-distance carrier. But he soon found himself tossing and turning at night because he had little in the way of local service to sell. So while driving to work on Aug. 12, 1996, he dialed up James Crowe, chairman of a local-service provider called MFS Communications, to propose a deal. By the time Ebbers hung up, he was ready to shell...