Word: convert
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Byrne were born in Ireland; 2) Lynch had made several trips to England and Ireland in the past year, according to his passport; 3) Byrne spoke to friends about making a "big score" to help "the cause"; 4) the odd ransom sums, first $4.6 million, then $2.3 million, convert roughly into 2 million and 1 million English pounds...
...Just a month ago, Beame had announced that the city's fiscal crisis was largely over. His premature optimism was based on New York State's creation of Big Mac with the authority to convert the city's short-term notes into long-term securities. Few thought that the corporation's nine illustrious voting members would have trouble marketing its bonds. To their surprise, Big Mac members discovered that many investors were unwilling to buy their offerings. Even though Big Mac bonds were secured by revenues from the city sales and stock-transfer taxes, they dropped...
...computer fraud, "Embezzler's Guide" offers aspiring thieves encouragement ("There is a great deal of embezzlement that goes undetected") and dozens of helpful tips. For example: "Always be on the watch for special circumstances that create opportunities for fraud, such as when a company converts from manual processing to a computer system or switches from one system to another." Other suggestions: "Do not ignore inventories as a possible source of revenue. In many cases, it is easier to convert goods to cash than it is fraudulent checks." Also, "One of the most elegant frauds in the pension area ... involves...
...talking. Nowadays Piazza Sabotino looks like the track at Le Mans-no trees, no benches, just traffic and the chaotic sameness of the rest of the city." Someday Novelli, in what may be his most radical plan, also wants to expropriate idle land across the Po from Turin and convert it into a massive municipal park...
...keep up to $20,000 equity in a house, $500 in a car, most household goods, tools of trade, $1,000 in a savings and loan association account and $1,500 in a credit union account. Moreover, under a ruling won by Slate a decade ago, Californians may convert any funds or assets into exempt categories before filing a bankruptcy petition...