Word: interior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...went to the Bakkers and top executives from the account during the first four months of 1987. Aide David Taggart received 1987 cash advances of $111,000 and bonuses of $225,000. Payments totaling $128,000 were made last year to James Taggart, brother of David, who ran an interior-decorating firm...
Many investors are surprisingly daring at an early stage. Fairfax Randall, a Houston homemaker and sometime interior decorator, boosted her portfolio from $250,000 to $2 million in just three years by leveraging, or borrowing money to increase her stock-market wagers. But she ventured naively into risky stock options and lost $1.5 million during the 1981-82 recession. Then, through cautious decisions and hard work, she built her portfolio back to $2 million. Says she: "The stock market is my absolute love. I don't buy pretty clothes, and I never spend much money on myself...
...Seine River from the Eiffel Tower, a beefed-up force of 200 police surrounded the ornate Iranian embassy, floodlighting the building at night to prevent the departure of its 45 occupants. French security agents even checked nearby sewers to make sure no one left the building clandestinely. In Tehran, Interior Minister Ali Akbar Mohtashami announced that the French embassy had been cordoned off and that some of its officials would be arrested for spying. His threat quickly raised fears that the French diplomats might be seized in an ugly replay of the U.S. embassy hostage nightmare of 1979-81. Warned...
...which has not had diplomatic relations with Iran since 1980, expressed support for France's firm stance. The Reagan Administration was engaged in its own war of words with Tehran. Interior Minister Mohtashami vowed retaliation if the U.S. proceeded this week with its plans to reflag Kuwaiti tankers and use American warships to protect the vessels in the Persian Gulf. Said Mohtashami: "Islamic Revolutionary Guards will turn the Persian Gulf into a graveyard for the Americans." According to some reports, Iran has mobilized seaborne suicide squads, who plan to ram U.S. ships with vessels that have been turned into floating...
...today,' and they're not kidding." Sheen had an easier time relating to his real-life dad in the role of his onscreen father, an airline mechanic who senses the hidden price of his son's success. Hannah had difficulty even liking her character. She plays an interior decorator who loves both Fox and money. "I finally realized she doesn't have to be a total snot," says Hannah. "She can be human too." Douglas had no such qualms about his portrayal of Gordon Gekko, a "very high-powered guy" who becomes the younger Sheen's mentor and partner...