Word: money
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...manhood, Ann Crumb as the woman with whom everyone falls in love but who loves herself more than any of them, Kathleen Rowe McAllen as a pansexual avant-garde sculptor, and Kevin Colson, an eleventh-hour replacement for Roger Moore as an urbane older man much valued for his money...
...property was gained through criminal activity. Under the rulings, the assets may even be temporarily frozen before the defendant is tried or convicted. Such seizures do not violate the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, wrote Justice White, because an accused has no right "to spend another person's money for services rendered by an attorney, even if those funds are the only way that that defendant will be able to retain the attorney of his choice." Protested dissenting Justice Harry Blackmun: "It is unseemly and unjust for the Government to beggar those it prosecutes in order to disable their defense...
Many investors are influencing corporate behavior by putting their money where their morals are. Socially conscious investment funds now hold nearly $500 billion, up from $40 billion in 1984, according to Gordon Davidson, head of the Social Investment Forum in Boston. Much of this nest egg belongs to pension funds like the $53 billion California Public Employees Retirement System. Their increasingly activist stance has strengthened the hand of the many religious groups that have waged an 18-year fight with corporations, seeking to influence policy through proxy battles at shareholders' meetings. Harrison Goldin, the comptroller of New York City...
...that's where you or I might come in. You or I might look at this and say gee, bankruptcy or no, the $300,000 house supports a $200,000 first mortgage. You might not want to lend that kind of money -- if you have that kind of money -- at 11% for 30 years. But how about lending it at 14% for two years, backed by a first mortgage and the borrower's personal guarantee? With the borrower paying all closing costs? And perhaps with even a point or two thrown in for good measure...
THEFT OF FUNDS. The Justice Department last week launched a nationwide inquiry into a pattern of abuse by escrow agents who pocketed money they received from the sale of foreclosed homes over a four-year period. Among the targets is a Maryland woman, nicknamed "Robin Hud," who brags that she stole $5.5 million in HUD money and gave it to the poor...