Word: entrepreneurism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...McDougal was the kind of go-go entrepreneur that likes to befriend politicians but that politicians sometimes later regret ever having met. His friendship with fellow Arkansan Bill Clinton began in the late 1960s, when both were young staffers for Senator William Fulbright. In 1978 Bill and Hillary joined McDougal and his wife Susan in a real estate venture. A year later, Clinton became Governor and appointed McDougal his economic-development adviser. By the early 1980s, McDougal had left government work to make his fortune: he converted Madison Guaranty, a tiny institution, into one of the largest savings and loan...
...Clintons are not targets of the investigation and that the only link is their coincidental association with McDougal. Clinton said last week that neither he nor Hillary had done anything improper. "Knowing and being associated with Jim McDougal looked a lot different when he seemed to be a successful entrepreneur than it does now," says Bruce Lindsey, another native Arkansan, now senior adviser to the President. Indeed, based on the evidence known thus far, the Clintons may be guilty only of poor business judgment (they lost nearly $70,000 on the Whitewater deal) and a lack of discrimination in choosing...
Such confused being will likely be invading the Square and the Boston area soon, if entrepreneur Andy Wilson and partner Manny Rogers succeed in a new business venture intended to use World War II-era amphibious vehicles as Boston-area tourist transport...
...world where you can sell sperm and eggs," said George Annas, a medical ethicist at Boston University. There are already catalogs that list the characteristics of sperm donors -- including one made up of Nobel prizewinners. Without regulation, it will only be a matter of time, said Annas, before some entrepreneur tries to market embryos derived from Michael Jordan or Cindy Crawford...
LONDON. Does the trip to and from Heathrow seem, well, boring? Virgin Atlantic Airways, owned by thrill-seeking entrepreneur Richard Branson, is now offering business-class travelers a cooler kind of commute -- and a quicker one, given the usual traffic snarls on the M4 highway. Those arriving or departing at Heathrow on Virgin's New York City, Los Angeles or Tokyo flights have a choice between a free limousine ride or a seat behind the driver of a Honda motorcycle. Each Taxijet is equipped with heated leather seats and running boards, has a hands-free portable telephone and intercom...