Word: owing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...claiming that the missing money had gone to the contras. Said Furmark: "Casey placed a call to Don Regan but couldn't get him. He then tried Poindexter and could not get him either. Finally he called North and said, 'There is a man here who says you owe him $10 million.' He chatted with North for a while, hung up and told me, 'North says the Israelis or the Iranians owe you the money.' I protested the runaround. He called a subordinate and ordered him to see what agency files contained on Lake Resources. He got his answer...
Ralph: O.K. I want you to respect my two favorite hobbies -- watching TV and resting. You will owe me money if you ever criticize Joe DiMaggio, serve sodium-free potato chips, or bring into this house any book written by a sea gull or Leo Buscaglia. Outside of that, I'm easy. Of course, if I stick flamingos in the front yard, defend secondhand smoke or say something coarse about the snail darter, I'll pay you. I will agree never to go bald. And naturally, I expect you to remain wrinkle free and wasp waisted until further notice from...
...impressive collections, including those of Robert and Ethel Scull and James Johnson Sweeney, former director of the Guggenheim Museum, are probably being sold now in anticipation of the new tax law, which, beginning Jan. 1, will raise the Government's take on a seller's profit. The high prices ! owe much to the decline of the dollar, which makes even a seven-figure painting seem like a bargain to wealthy Japanese and Germans, and to the scarcity of quality works on the market...
Altogether, Connally and Barnes owe at least $60 million and have been hammered with a score of lawsuits charging nonpayment of loans. "Connally has gone through the same predicament that a lot of Texans are going through," says a fellow Texan and friend, former Democratic Party Chairman Robert Strauss. They "bet too much. They believed the trees were going to grow...
...Australians do not owe us their loyalty, nor will they continue to extend their friendship if we continue to abuse it. If there is a strong link between our countries, it is more because of our hearts than because of our guns or money. And when we add insult to injury by ignoring the Australians' protests at the same time as we damage their economy, we needlessly imperil a valuable friendship...