Word: itches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Here's a work of fiction--no, scratch that, a testament of bitter truth--that answers a question unasked since the dawn of literature: What is a mortgage bond? The answer in Bombardiers (Random House; 319 pages; $22) seems to be: That which the selling of makes your teeth itch. The first sentence of Po Bronson's desperate, funny, booklong rant at bucket-shop marketing of financial chaos neatly pelletizes his entire volume: "It was a filthy profession, but the money was addicting, and one addiction led to another, and they were all going to hell...
...right mind would ever want to be President." And then Truman began the climb to his upset election victory in 1948, the redeemed, born-again, comeback model Bill Clinton hopes to emulate next year. But why did Truman run? Nelson Rockefeller explained the itch this way: "We're politicians, and like in any profession, we want to reach the top, which in America means only one thing...
Some people can't be satisfied with hearing the people on the other side. They just itch to see them too. Debbie Martinez '97 of Lowell had block mates who were graced with apersonal encounter with their neighbor. "They woke up one morning to find this guy passed out on their couch," Martinez said. "I guess he just broke through the fire door the night before when he was really, really drunk...
Groups which allow their members full access to the Internet find it difficult to separate their paternalistic itch to protect and punish those who would enter cyberspace from the reality that newsgroups are nothing more than the latest interactive entertainment. Mihaly told Rolling Stone. "I never even considered that anything I wrote would have any repercussions in the real world...
...Bank. "This deal implies that it's open to all comers." Some analysts insist that CBS is worth $6.4 billion, or $400 a share -- nearly $100 more than last week's closing price. CBS must look mighty fetching to companies (like Disney and other studios) with an itch for a takeover and the stamina to endure the inevitable court battles and regulatory disputes. Billionaire oilman Marvin Davis, said to be interested in acquiring NBC, could find a CBS deal seductive, though Tisch last week reportedly said he would never sell his stock to Davis...