Word: necked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...movie hone in on the romance angle in this supposed tale of intrigue. "Is it a crime of passion, or an act of treason?" the ads ask. These words sit, innocently enough, next to a big close-up of Young, who appears poised to bite a reclining Costner's neck. That's the passion part...
...Jackson climbed out of bed, pulled his dark pinstripe trousers up over his knee-high blue socks. He ran a wide comb through his hair. At 45 he has become puffy around the neck and middle. But his tall, erect frame and penetrating gaze are still imposing. His zeal for credibility includes wearing no jewelry or flashy clothes. "People want authenticity," he said. "I'm authentic...
...find lesser-known companies whose stocks are undervalued or potential earnings overlooked. But to arrive at a hot property before Wall Street professionals is a feat that requires lots of homework, constant vigilance and a cool head. Says Investor Jeffrey Solomon, a hardware-sales representative based in Great Neck, N.Y., who carries a hand- held stock monitor at all times and studies charts and newsletters every night: "The astute investor can beat money managers. They are human. They panic, become euphoric or get emotional just like all of us." At 32, Solomon has accumulated a five-figure profit pile...
...squads raced neck-and-neck until Harvard outstoked Brown to the finish line, winning by a length of five feet--the largest margin of the entire race--in a meet-record time...
Sharing equally in their firm's good fortunes this year were three partners of the San Francisco- and Manhattan-based investment firm of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Masters of the so-called leveraged buyout, Jerome Kohlberg, 62, Henry Kravis, 43, and George Roberts, 44, each earned $50 million. Neck and neck were former Treasury Secretary William Simon, 59, chairman of Wesray Capital in Morristown, N.J., an investment firm, and Raymond Chambers, 44, president of that company. They pulled down an estimated $45 million to $50 million each...