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...federal bailouts, Bush is somehow to blame. There is little doubt that the Bush children have shown appalling judgment in business matters. Neil Bush became a national symbol of the S&L debacle in 1988 when he served on the board of the Silverado Banking, Savings & Loan Association, a Denver thrift that went bankrupt and then cost taxpayers $1 billion to recapitalize. Silverado's problems had worsened after Neil Bush and other directors approved bad loans to a businessman who had invested in Neil's oil-exploration firm. The inexperienced 30-year-old should have guessed that his partners might...
...words "Spade Kicks" are an allusion to Jack Kerouac's novelOn the Road. Writing about his own experiences, Kerouac describes Denver's Black community...
...lilac evening I walked with every muscle aching among the lights of 27th and Welton in the Denver colored section, wishing I were a Negro, feeling that the best the white world had offered was not enough ecstasy for me, not enough life, joy, kicks, darkness, music, not enough night. [The Black world offered] just old-fashioned spade kicks, what other kicks are there...
Aramony's resignation seemed to satisfy local fund raisers -- for the moment. Jim Kercheville, vice president of communications for Mile High United Way in Denver, one of the chapters that withheld dues pending the review, called Aramony's decision to resign courageous. "His contributions are unparalleled, but it's a question of perceptions now. The best thing to do is move on quickly, so we can get on about the business of helping people in need." Even so, the Denver chapter will await the outcome of the internal review before submitting its annual dues...
Somewhere along the line, former friends say, he embraced failure. In 1980, after an inheritance quarrel, Kreimer abandoned the house and moved to Denver. During that time, he would often make late-night phone calls to people back in New Jersey asking for emergency loans to return home. According to Joel Beecher, a family friend, people in the community wired hundreds of dollars; none of the money brought him home, and the loans were never repaid. Although Kreimer sold the house in 1981 for $61,000, he was broke upon arriving back in Morristown three years later. Bills and "family...