Word: leached
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sesame Streeters, there is hope. We cannot let the fear of Morton Downey yelling in our ears overcome us. We must ignore Robin Leach and all his interviews with the rich and famous. No more mediocity, Sesame Streeters. The time has come to create and innovate again. To rediscover the power of imagination, every true member of the first Sesame Street generation must start somewhere...
...handing him a weapon. Before being led away, Friermood explains to the hunters that one of his guides has been caught violating the law by an undercover agent. One hunter remarks nervously, "If I were Blaien, I'd get after the guide that got him in trouble." Hearing this, Leach tells them, "Blaien's got his own problems," and notes that this is only part of a big federal bust. Ray Brite, a U.S. deputy marshal, eases the tension by telling awful jokes...
With Friermood safely packed off to Houston for arraignment on misdemeanor and felony charges, Leach heads down the road to check on another bust before returning to Houston to face the mountain of paperwork that accompanies an operation of this magnitude. Leach, Gavitt and the other agents gravitate to their jobs because of the sense of accomplishment they get from protecting America's vanishing wildlife. "I used to feel uncomfortable about making friends with people and busting them, but I'm not out to cause people trouble; I'm here to protect wildlife," says Leach. Gavitt notes that many people...
...speech on Thursday night, Bush called on Congress to approve his proposal within 45 days. "We must not let this situation fester," he said. "Any plan to refinance the system must be accompanied by major reform." For the most part, his proposal found bipartisan support. Said Iowa Republican Jim Leach, a member of the House Banking Committee: "In his first inning, Bush has stepped up and hit a home run." Another member of the committee, New York Democrat Charles Schumer, said that Bush deserves "a heck of a lot of credit for bellying up to the bar and putting...
...stepped up the tempo of such sales last year, selling or liquidating more than 200 thrifts at an estimated cost to the Government of $39 billion in tax breaks and other incentives extended to the buyers. Critics contend that the regulators were taken for a ride. Fumed Iowa's Leach: "The dealmakers are laughing all the way to the piggy bank." But Wall staunchly defends his deals as the lesser of evils. "I much prefer to be damned for having done something than to be damned for doing nothing," he says. In fact, the cleanup is showing some results...