Word: collection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Angered by being "treated very badly," Debbie contacted Manhattan Lawyer Steven Harris. The attorney established that Martin, who had little money, was covered by a homeowner's insurance policy, making it possible to collect on a judgment. At his deposition, Martin admitted that he had not told Debbie about his infection. This March, Debbie and Martin agreed to a settlement of $119,052, to be paid by the insurance company...
...move could have a profoundly unsettling effect on the hundreds of other international banks and dozens of debtor countries involved in the five-year- old Third World debt standoff. At one stroke, Reed had admitted that Citicorp, and probably most other large banks as well, may never collect on major portions of the onerous Third World debt burden...
...chairman of the largest U. S. bank admits it may never collect on major portions of its foreign debt. Citicorp will post a loss of $2.5 billion for the quarter, which may lessen to $1 billion for the year. -- Prosperity and controversy on the U. S.- Mexican border. -- Madison Avenue fights a new service tax. -- Want an oddball investment? Try baseball trading cards...
...fact, the sport is sublimation posing as innocent fun: hunting without killing, collecting without avarice. "You can collect birds without worrying about a place to store them," says Claudia Wilds of Washington, an expert on shorebirds and a rising star in the birding world. "There's an awful lot of adventure in it. It allows grownups to do things they thought they had put behind them when they grew up, like sloshing around in the mud and getting up in the middle of the night and going out looking for things...
With so many candidates sounding like virtuous, angry populists, it is doubtful that any one of them can collect heavy dividends from the theme of righteousness alone. Similarly, marital fidelity by itself is not going to be a big draw. Instead, these will probably prove to be what pollsters call "threshold issues" -- standards to which the candidates must measure up simply to stay in contention. Some candidates will have more difficulty than others. Nevada Republican Paul Laxalt, for instance, was once part of his state's gambling industry and is still pressing a libel suit against a newspaper chain, which...