Word: midasized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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But the directors -- and much of the public as well -- were soon shocked to read news accounts reporting that Johnson's plan would enrich him and seven of his top executives beyond the dreams of Midas. In exchange for $20 million they would put up for an 8.5% stake in...
The most valuable discovery: a 1933 $10 eagle gold piece now worth $80,000 or more. The map, said the DEA last week, turned up in the home of a wind- surfing drug merchant known as "Colorado Bill" and "King Midas." Bill (the DEA is withholding his full name) can...
His Midas touch is the source of much of his power. In the 1986 election, he scared up a prodigious $5 million for his state Democratic allies. This charity begins at home: Brown accepted $161,000 last year in personal speaking fees, gifts and expenses, much of it from companies...
Nitze has devoted much of his life to public service in part because he could afford to. He came from a well-to-do family, and his wife of 54 1/2 years, Phyllis, who died in June, was an heiress of the Standard Oil fortune. In addition to having a...
Among Republicans, George Bush is doing a Midas turn. His FEC report will show cumulative receipts of $9.3 million, a tribute to his drawing power in the G.O.P. establishment. Bush has already spent more than most candidates have taken in. Rival campaigns have a frail hope: that Bush will spend...