Word: enronizing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...past months is not the least uncharacteristic. An administration whose very legitimacy rests on the assumption that elderly Florida Jews voted en masse for Pat Buchanan has quickly become a regime that can only be sustained on the construction of a bigger and bigger house of cards. As with Enron, big lies can yield big rewards for Bush and Company. Bush has created a distraction, just in time for congressional elections, from the wave of scandals that have rocked corporate America, the Republican agenda and Bush’s popularity. It’s a diversion from the reality that...
Despite Iraq’s desperate attempts to appease him, Bush may yet be able to snatch a war from the jaws of peace. One can only hope that, like Enron, his monstrous house of cards will collapse of its own absurdity—and that the second casualty of war will be the Bush regime...
Roberts' race is emblematic of a basic struggle this fall over the terms of debate. Is the fall election going to be about Saddam Hussein or Social Security, Iraq or Enron? Will it be about Democratic issues like the sluggish economy, corporate governance and prescription drugs? Or will it be about President Bush's leadership, the war on terror, and Iraq? The party that defines the election will probably win the election...
Some corporate executives can't be relied on to look after the interests of workers or shareholders, as the scandals, from Enron to Tyco to WorldCom, have made clear. But you can trust the top dogs to look after their own pocketbooks. So when groups of execs spend their cash on shares of the companies they run, it's a reliable sign that they expect good things down the road--and it may be time for you to tag along...
...just looking for a little security. If I get a sugar mama out of this, that's great." RONALD WILLIAMS, former Enron employee, on his decision to pose for Playgirl's "Men of Enron" issue...