Word: dollar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doing long-range forecasting for the Stanford Research Institute. Later he became a V.P. for a Bermuda-based investment company, then a co-founder of a small Swiss bank. The bank flourished, was subsequently bought out by United California Bank, and Erdman found himself wheeling and dealing in multimillion-dollar projects around the world. But in 1970 several officers in the bank's trading department illegally used $40 million of depositors' funds to speculate in commodities futures. Though no depositors lost money on the deals, Erdman, as the bank's president, was clapped in a Basel jail...
...billion in 1976. A return of the Cuban smokes, cigarmen reckon, might inspire a whole new generation to sample the legendary product, then to buy American cigars as well - especially since they cost about 12? on the average, while their Cuban cousins often go for more than a dollar. What is more, before 1962 some 95% of the Cuban cigars sold in the U.S. were rolled and wrapped in American plants, and that pattern would probably resume...
Director George Lucas has come out with a film that has "Billion Dollar Baby" stamped all over it. Star Wars is a rousing crowdpleaser, a reaffirmation that the good guys still win some of the time, and an affectionate needle at the legendary Flash Gordon movies of yesteryear all wrapped into one very slick package. And while devotees of the sci-fi movie genre may not take too kindly to the implicit parody of their chosen cult contained in Lucas' film, the dazzling special effects of Star Wars by themselves should prove sufficient to eclipse any lingering qualms they might...
...fantasy, much closer to the Brothers Grimm than it is to 2001. My main reason for making it was to give young people an honest, wholesome fantasy life, the kind my generation had. We had westerns, pirate movies, all kinds of great things. Now they have The Six Million Dollar Man and Kojak. Where are the romance, the adventure, and the fun that used to be in practically every movie made...
...societies operate with a core of only five to ten workers, and several more who will move tables if asked. While it is forbiden to pay members, most of the societies use free screenings and parties to entice prospective helpers. "Unless you have an insane desire to save a dollar each weekend, why would you join a film society?" Izkowitz asked...