Word: denting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like a gambler unwilling to cut his losses, Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin keeps doubling his bet. In 1989 Levin, then vice chairman, negotiated Time Inc.'s buyout of Warner Communications, an acquisition that enriched Warner's shareholders but not Time Inc.'s. Without making much of a dent in the $11 billion debt incurred by the deal, Levin kept rolling the dice. He sold pieces of the new company into complex partnerships that raised billions but tied up Time Warner's best assets, including Warner Bros. studios and HBO. And instead of paying down the mortgage, Levin went...
While the large phone bill won't cripple HMC, it will cause a significant dent in its $100,000 annual budget...
...Diego. Dole responded to a shouted plea for him to "Get Bozo out of the White House," with "Bozo's on his way out." The feisty remark signals a harsher turn in Dole's campaign style as he is seen to be running out of time to make a dent in Clinton's support. Dole said he was ready to "go back at it" with Clinton, and was willing to mention the Whitewater investigation and the FBI files scandal. His remarks prompted Clinton deputy campaign manager Ann Lewis to say, "I guess this means the era of civility lasted...
DIED. BOB DENT, 66, cancer patient; by lethal injection at the hand of Dr. Philip Nitschke; in the world's first legal mercy killing; in Darwin, Australia...
Until Hurricane Fran beat him to it, Bob Dole had planned to spend last Friday campaigning in New Jersey, trying hard to make a dent in another crucial swing state. The master of clanging symbols, who once toured the Old Man ale plant in New Hampshire, was scheduled to appear at the Switlik Parachute Co. in Trenton, a factory that makes lifeboats, life jackets and parachutes. "Let me get this straight," said a top campaign official after the trip was scrubbed. "We're going to a factory that makes products for people who are drowning or crashing? Thank...