Word: liar
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Four of the five Senators met for an hour with FHLBB head Edwin Gray on April 2, 1987. In a letter written to McCain last May, Gray referred to this unprecedented intervention as "tantamount to an attempt to subvert the regulatory process," and subsequently branded DeConcini a "consummate liar" for not admitting that he attempted to cut a deal for Keating. His charge was buttressed when the Arizona Republic published a confidential memo prepared by DeConcini's staff for the meeting listing Keating's bargaining positions...
...LIAR'S POKER...
...most vulnerable species of all is the customer, victimized by salesmen whose bonuses depend on how many questionable securities they can unload. Retribution is the rarest commodity on Wall Street, but in Liar's Poker it makes several appearances. In 1986 the financial action begins to leave Salomon Brothers for other concerns -- and so do many of the best employees. The house that has thrived on hostile takeovers itself becomes a target. Then comes the Crash of '87, when "investors froze like deer in headlights" and hardened professionals were "helpless as they watched their beloved market...
Stung by the snickers, Yeltsin later claimed that the brouhaha was an attempt by Gorbachev to "ruin my health and have me withdrawn from the realm of political struggle." Not so, retorted Bakatin, who called a press conference to brand Yeltsin a liar and, giving the knife a turn, charge that his story "does not hold water." Yeltsin may recover from his soaking, but he may also discover that a politician whose private life becomes the butt of jokes eventually does not have to worry about his public life. Just ask Gary Hart...
Then, out of the ashes, a renaissance of sorts. For the 1986-87 season, Michaels pieced together a cast that finally took hold and is now starting its fourth season together. Only one of them -- the silky, moonfaced Jon Lovitz, creator of the pathological-liar character -- seems to capture the old spirit: like Belushi or Aykroyd or Radner, he gets laughs by simply showing up onstage. Still, there's plenty of talent on hand: Dana Carvey, a pixieish comic with devilish impressions of George Bush and Jimmy Stewart; Victoria Jackson, a ditsily appealing blond; and the sparkling, versatile Jan Hooks...