Word: marketed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Canizaro's first market plunge was a bluff, ''I had been studying the market reading everything I could get my hands on. I saw that there were a lot of short sellers in Lukens Steel. I was sure that the stock would rise, but I didn't have the money to pay for it. I bluffed my broker into buying 1,500 shares. Three days later I sold it for a profit of $10,210.'' Canizaro...
Through other trades, he swelled his market stake to six figures. ''But the stock market was a little slow for me. Man, I thought I could do better in commodities. In commodities you make a profit, then you buy more, you pyramid. I was shorting wheat like crazy when Eisenhower landed Marines in Lebanon. Everybody bought wheat, and it soared. I lost all my $100,000.'' Canizaro...
Sullivan favors vacancy decontrol so that landlords can re-rent vacated dwellings at their current market value. He also supports condominium conversions, unless they result in the eviction of senior citizens and disabled persons...
Kevin White is standing on a street corner in the North End and smiling from ear to ear. He's not too far away to be talking about Quincy Market and his downtown accomplishments with some lady who lives just off of Prince St. But, as always, the mayor is thinking about something else. White's familiar figure struts up the street and what's left of his now-white hair glows in the cold sunshine. If he's not already there, the mayor is fast approaching mid-life crisis. If he's not mayor of Boston again, there...
Renovations for the waterfront area of Eastie, Southie and and Charlestown that White announced two weeks ago herald the changed atmosphere more affluent residents will bring. The theater district is becoming an established stop for shows on their way to Broadway. Quincy Market has more visitors than Disney World, and the Washington Street mall is earning downtown merchants record profits. Not to mention the Red Sox record-breaking ticket sales last year. People want to enjoy what a city has to offer. With a concentration of fresh enthusiasm and money, Boston's cultural life will explode, with even greater impact...