Word: paid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...those who aspire to cackle in public and get paid for it, Poulk stresses that chance and luck are as critical as talent. "The business is crazy. You can pound the pavement for five years and be nowhere," Poulk said. "Or you might do a couple of gigs in New York and get on the David Letterman show...
...work stoppages are intended to persuade Delhaize to give a better deal to its nearly 30,000 workers in its 522 Food Lion stores in the U.S. Most of those employees receive no benefits and are paid 40% less than the wages earned at rival stores, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which hopes to organize the Food Lion workers. The Belgian workers plan to keep up their campaign for a year...
...damaging brawl in Wall Street history. By last week three groups were locked in a titanic struggle for the company (1987 revenues: $15.8 billion), and the offering price has climbed above $26 billion -- more than the gross national product of Peru or Portugal and twice the sum that Chevron paid for Gulf Oil in 1984 in the largest previous merger. The ordeal turned into a feeding frenzy for hangers-on as well: hundreds of lawyers and investment bankers involved in the bidding stand to earn a total of as much as $1 billion for their expertise...
...code treats stock profits is another plus for LBOs. Corporate earnings are taxed twice: they are first paid to stockholders out of a company's after-tax profits, and the shareholder then pays taxes on the dividends. "There is no question that our tax laws have a bias toward debt that must be rectified," says a top congressional aide...
WHEN Carey does enlarge his focus to provide analysis, his perspective is a cliched attempt at psychoanalysis. As Anita grew into old age and Mr. E. became increasingly mentally ill, Loos began to rely on her paid companion and housekeeper Gladys. Under Gladys' influence, Anita began to become more religious. But Carey slights this spiritual development and instead concludes in an almost condescending manner: "Though she never realized it, her journals brought more peace of mind than any passage in the Daily Word...