Word: pl
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...taxi driver reported his taxi stolen from 100 Cambridge-side Pl. The taxi, a yellow Chevrolet Caprice, was later involved in a hit-and-run accident on Rogers Street...
...Mass. Ave. resident reports that while at 2 Holyoke Pl. an unknown person stole her coat valued at $180. The coat contained a California driver's license, Harvard ID card and $60 cash...
bigs: (bigz) pl. n., tough guys...
...based junk-bond wizard who plays the corporate-villain role well. Charlie's sin? He owns the trees, and he'll cut them if he wants to--and does he want to. In 1986 his company, MAXXAM (1995 sales: $2.57 billion), bought Pacific Lumber, the redwoods' owner. Hurwitz visited PL's Scotia, California, mill, and told workers he believed in the golden rule: "He who has the gold, rules." Then he drained $55 million from PL's $93 million pension fund, and cranked up the timber cut to pay off his debt. A redwood 300 ft. high...
...environmentalists took part in the meeting at Feinstein's office. Greens have tied up PL's logging in federal court, so Hurwitz would not sit with them. A marathon bargaining session produced a highly complicated agreement that promised to turn over $380 million in cash and land (value and location subject to haggling) to Pacific Lumber. If Hurwitz is satisfied, he passes title to Headwaters, the 425-acre Elk Head grove and a logged-over moonscape between, totaling 7,500 acres. If not, PL's fallers start their chainsaws...