Word: oiling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lawrence Eagleburger, who became president of Kissinger Associates in 1984, after 27 years in Government. About to be nominated as Deputy Secretary of State, Eagleburger is expected to face a grueling confirmation battle revolving around the firm's globe-girdling client list that touches everything from Middle Eastern oil to Third World debt. Granted, Eagleburger is respected. But are his credentials so special as to override the possible conflicts of interest...
...aside, Nunn breezed through Perry High, Georgia Tech and Emory University law school. He was an Eagle Scout and a star forward who led Perry's high school basketball team to the 1956 state championship. "We were behind by 5 points at the half," recalls Ed Beckham, a Perry oil distributor. "Our coach was one of the winningest in the nation, but it was Sam who gave us the half-time pep talk...
Before the game, Oil Can watches an episode of the Geraldo Rivera Show featuring people mentally obsessed with sweetened breakfast cereal. He boldly proclaims, "I was a Cap'n Crunch addict." He repents of his past transgressions and goes on to pitch the game of his life...
June 23, at home vs. Minnesota. Before the game against the Twins, the American League all-star team is named. Oil Can Boyd (6-6, 3.98) is not included. He is enraged and unloads a barrage of fast balls at the new luxury boxes in Fenway Park. He tears a rotator cuff and inadvertantly kills Joe ("I never played for Cincinnati") Morgan when the loveable Sox manager, trying to calm down his excitable player, gets in the way of a pitch...
...respond to a committee subpoena -- concerns a tawdry kickback scam. In July 1987 MacDonald arranged for the Navajos to buy the 491,000-acre Big Boquillas ranch near Seligman, Ariz. The tribe paid $33.4 million for the place, which only two days earlier had been purchased by an oil company for $26.2 million. Real estate broker Byron ("Bud") Brown testified that when he was fixing the deal with MacDonald, the Navajo leader smiled and said, "I assume I'll be taken care of." Replied Brown: "Certainly...