Word: profitted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Meese failed to report his capital gains from the June 1985 sale of $54,581 in stocks. When Meese could not locate the records to figure the capital gain, his accountant filed a tax return without disclosing the sale. Last February Meese finally filed an amended return, citing a profit of $14,606 (understating it by more than $6,000, according to McKay). Meese "probably" broke two tax laws by filing a false return and "failing to pay his income tax when...
...megabangs are beginning to cost megabucks. Reportedly, each of these films costs well over $30 million, with De Niro and Willis pulling in about $5 million a head. And in a season in which Schwarzenegger's Red Heat and Sylvester Stallone's pricey Rambo III are having trouble reaching profit, scholars of the bottom line are wondering if the action-adventure genre has a future. Possibly not, if people keep putting their money into more noise and bigger flames. But a performance like De Niro's, in a well-made entertainment like Midnight Run, is cheap at any price...
...part, Homefront '88 must prove to the city it can establish a functional organization with officers and staff. Under the agreement, the group also must find a developer or non-profit housing group that will commit to planning to build affordable housing...
...Laundry Service in Newton, Mass., was in a desperate hurry to hire a new field-service worker to repair the equipment his company sells and leases. So he placed a help-wanted ad that offered plenty of come-ons: a starting wage of up to $9 an hour, plus profit sharing, a pension plan and full medical coverage. After three weeks, the ad drew responses from only five people, none of whom was remotely qualified for the position. Says Scarpato: "One applicant had a severe drinking problem. Three could not speak or read English. And the last one wanted...
...Robert Wallach, who has been indicted on influence-peddling charges; assistance Meese gave to the New York City-based Wedtech Corp., which helped the company win a $32 million Government contract; a financial partnership that Meese had with W. Franklyn Chinn, in which the Attorney General earned an 80% profit in 18 months; and his connection to a plan to make secret payments to Israeli officials in return for their promise not to disrupt a proposed Iraqi oil pipeline...