Word: overnighter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some of the deputies to testify. Kavinoky says Markhasev is "very candid, very straightforward." His world view, though, has been practically Dostoevskian ever since he turned 15 and learned a secret about his father that the family won't discuss. The hard-working student with good grades was transformed overnight. Now, says Kavinoky, "he sees that the weight of the world is against him and that regardless of who did what, when, where or how, he's going to be the one to pay the price. He's going to do the rest of his life in jail." In detention...
...Scott MacLeod, Iran stands to eventually undergo changes that will alter its foreign relations. "Khatami has a proven track record for being an advocate of a more tolerant society. That would translate into more openness with the outside world in terms of trade and investment. Although nothing would happen overnight, this may improve relations with the West, which has been very critical of the Iranian regime since the Islamic Revolution." But MacLeod adds that a victory by Nateq-Nouri could make Iran a more insular nation. The likelihood he will take the election is enhanced, he says, by the fact...
...leave the rates unchanged. Stocks rose sharply after the news, ending a rollercoaster day that had sent prices down as much as 80 points in the morning with a 74-point Dow advance to 7303. The decision will hold the rate that commercial banks charge one another for overnight loans at 5.5 percent. A rate hike would have meant higher borrowing costs for millions of credit card-wielding Americans, but would also have slowed the economy and dampened inflation. Characteristically refusing to comment on the decision, Fed chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues left Wall Street economists to speculate over...
...pitch about investing in the party's grass roots and that the debt "is absolutely manageable," but for now the D.N.C. must resort to the tricks of the overextended. Payments to vendors are late; some donors to last week's gala were asked to send their checks overnight to help the party make its payroll...
...been a trying couple of weeks for Harrison Ford. First, his leading lady in the upcoming Six Days/Seven Nights, Anne Heche, overnight became the world's second most famous lesbian. Then he learned that Fox and Paramount want to open their joint $200 million production, Titanic, on July 25--right up against his big summer picture, Air Force One, being released by Columbia...