Word: messe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...letters was a brief note of resignation. One was a short statement to his wife that he was leaving because he was a "physical and psychological disaster." A postcard, to a close friend who was the college dean, read "Exit the Rainmaker. Good luck. Pls handle." Handle what? The mess? Carsey didn...
Milken's creation had fallen on hard times even before the Campeau mess. So far this year, borrowers have defaulted on a record $3.2 billion worth of junk bonds, already $1 billion more than during all 1988. Among the notable casualties was Merv Griffin's Resorts International, which conceded last month that it could not meet its annual interest and principal payments of $133 million...
...Some did; some didn't. If I got a letter from a fellow and I said, "Gee, he's a nice guy. Give him the funds," do you know what a terrible mess you could make? These things are so complex. They have to be looked into, studied and everything else to come out with an answer. I didn't stop and study each of these. I couldn't. There were thousands coming...
...worry about that, but it does sadden me. The whole thing is a mess. Sad, that's what it is. Forget the Supreme Court or anything else...
...Rose has resisted the refuge of the Betty Ford defense, so popular among addicted celebrities, that his compulsion to gamble made him do it. But he could not resist dragging his family into his mess. He said he had never looked forward to a birthday as much as his new daughter's first (Aug. 22, 1990), since it would signal his first opportunity to apply for reinstatement to baseball, thus sadly and inadvertently revealing her place in his life relative to the game...