Word: line
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bonds has given him a virtual lock on the market, though the entry of such competitors as Morgan Stanley and First Boston has whittled Drexel's market share from a monopoly in the late 1970s to about 50% today. For his huge contribution to Drexel's bottom line, Milken has pocketed bonuses of as much as $200 million in a year and accumulated the largest individual stake in Drexel: a 6% share consisting of stocks and warrants worth $90 million...
...technique. Add to that the care of one's body, the avoidance of drugs and drink, rent payment and roommate control. Most important, however, is the reinvention of oneself as an alluring theatrical image that rewards the eye -- and blinds it to the charms of the next performer in line...
...sums are so vast, and so apparently out of line with any foreseeable benefits that the deal might bring to American industry, that they raise deep and disturbing doubts about the direction of U.S. business at a time when many firms lag badly in foreign competition. Seldom since the age of the 19th century robber barons has corporate behavior been so open to question. The battle for RJR Nabisco seems to have crossed an invisible line that separates reasonable conduct from anarchy...
Elsewhere Dignity is struggling to cope. A New York City chapter has been split over one faction's marches and disruption of Masses at St. Patrick's Cathedral to protest the tough new church line. Some chapters have found priests willing to celebrate Masses quietly in non-Catholic buildings, but often with dwindling attendance. Other chapters have disbanded. Nonetheless, 104 chapters remain, and nationwide membership is holding...
Instead of a pension, however, Samson now gets a whole new Deighton trilogy, beginning with Spy Hook. Line and Sinker are the titles of the projected other novels, suggesting an activity more passive and a lot murkier than tennis. In this new work, Deighton's temptingly baited plot lines run dark and deep. The first half offers more nibbles than bites as Samson discovers just how little his bosses want him to know about their intelligence operations...