Word: collection
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What is this fancy money move? By pledging future royalties on things like record sales and publishing fees, celebrities can get their money up front. They literally issue bonds to investors, who collect the royalties as their interest and principal payments over, typically, 10 to 20 years...
...Thursday, as Oval Office secretary Betty Currie wrapped up her testimony. The next day Clinton confidant Harold Ickes reappeared, along with the head of the President's Secret Service detail and two uniformed officers. Starr was pushing ahead so fast that he used two grand juries simultaneously to collect testimony...
...brother off the hook for that lousy stock tip just yet. But don't dismiss the value of being part of the lawsuit either. After all, the money you lost is gone. Whatever you recover is better than nothing, and it won't cost you a cent to collect. The tricks are staying informed so that you know when to file a claim and being able to lay your hands on the needed documents when judgment day finally arrives. If you were pummeled in any of the recent debacles--recall the collapse of HMO company Oxford Health late last year...
...know these people? They live on your street. They collect your taxes. They are your relatives. Evil is not confined to one zip code. Among the child-rapists, incest perpetrators, abusive child-care providers, murderous adulterers and sadistic petty thieves, I wonder where all the normal people have gone. Does society continue to have moral standards? Do we need a formal honor code? Do we--and I say this with trepidation--need more vigilant government surveillance...
...somehow he doesn't get the next thing he's going for--well, he says, his life is still pretty good. His father still lets him call collect. Junior has a son and daughter of his own, and the family spends off-season in Windermere, Fla., near his friend Tiger Woods. When you're hanging with your All-Star Cafe partners, who notices another record...