Word: land
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...against the dollar, mainly because of its continued prospects for strong economic growth. His favorite stock is chemical company Bombay Dyeing, which trades for little more than the cash on its books and stands to collect a windfall if the government ever lets it develop parts of its massive land bank...
...recovery from the 1994 peso crisis and believes the region is just starting a two- or three-year up-cycle, which will be fueled by corporate cost cutting. Brazil's Petrobras, an oil company, should be one beneficiary. He also likes paper-goods manufacturer Kimberly-Clark de Mexico and land developer IRSA in Argentina...
...eventually calls for an independent counsel, this one would be the first to investigate Clinton himself, not just a member of his Cabinet or a wide-ranging mess like Whitewater that may or may not center on him. And unlike the Whitewater probe, with its endless sifting of a land deal that started in the days of sideburns and bell-bottoms, this one would be investigating actions that Clinton undertook while President...
...important it is for wealthy people to share their bounty when "the world is just awash in money" because of rising stock markets. And Turner says he hopes his gift will encourage others to support the U.N. and the programs it operates worldwide, which range from removing land mines to providing inoculations for children...
...audits themselves, those gallant St. Georges on the Finance committee pried up the IRS rock and shone their dazzling light on the oily squirmings thus revealed. Knowledge is power; so armed, we may yet turn the tide. If we fail, we could cross that 21st century bridge into a land like Brazil (1985), Terry Gilliam's vastly incredible, exquisitely surreal romp through a near future in which bureaucracy is lord and master. Where if you don't have the proper stamp on your 27 B stroke six, soon enough Central Services is tearing up your ducts, the Central Collective Storehouse...