Word: gazes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will Boesky abandon the stock-trading world right away: he will continue until April 1988 to exercise control, under the gaze of a court- appointed supervisor, over a diverse business empire that holds about $2 billion worth of securities. The transition period is intended to guarantee the "orderly and smooth transfer of control," meaning, in effect, the return of money to Boesky's many investors, who only last March anted up $900 million to participate in his speculations. In his statement, Boesky said he was "grateful" to the SEC for allowing him to insulate from harm others involved...
...blazing arms crossed on her chest, her misty head inclined, emanating a fierce chestnut heat, losing, losing the layer of violet that disintegrated into ashes under his terrible, unnoticed gaze...
...consequences of excessive family freedom need not be as dramatic as in the Levin killing. Little murders are committed daily in homes where Mom and Dad sit planted in front of pieces of paper or The Cosby Show, while the children lie still as dolls on their beds and gaze at ceiling fixtures, like stations in a dream. See how free everybody is. The only things missing are the essentials: authority, responsibility, attention and love...
...houses, the story is one of disparities. While Lowell House residents gaze at a video portrait of the campus, their Eliot peers will host Leonard Bernstein '39, someone whose presence in a house dining hall is truly something special...
...comedown for the flashy, fastidious man who likes driving his black Mercedes 450 SL, sampling the delicately prepared pastas at little-known Italian restaurants, and playing the courtly gentleman in his double-breasted $1,800 suits. At 45, Gotti -- his once lean figure having become stocky but his imperious gaze just as chilling -- is a mixture of the old and new Mafia styles. Like the traditional mobsters, he does not flinch at the promiscuous use of violence; informers report he has a temper of titanic proportions. But unlike the aging leadership, Gotti seems to revel in his own notoriety...