Word: pseudonymously
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bankers in the West have woken up to the fact that something, economically speaking, is really happening in China. Tim Clissold, the author and, in this case, the dutiful assistant, is in the midst of a grand tour of China with his new boss, known by the pseudonym Pat in the book, but in real life a fellow named Jack Perkowski, who in the roaring '80s had risen to become head of investment banking at Paine Webber. Theirs is not a sight-seeing tour. They are looking for places to invest millions of dollars that Pat intends to raise back...
...Twain dominates the room, with his white suit, wild hair and mischievous eye. His is an unexpected, ironic presence in a powerful politician's office--Twain assumed that all politicians were felonious--and Reid's explanation that the pseudonym Mark Twain was born in Nevada because Samuel Langhorne Clemens took his first newspaper job at the Virginia City, Nev., Territorial Enterprise doesn't fully explain the place of honor...
...Twain dominates the room, with his white suit, wild hair and mischievous eye. His is an unexpected, ironic presence in a powerful politician's office-Twain assumed that all politicians were felonious-and Reid's explanation that the pseudonym Mark Twain was born in Nevada because Samuel Langhorne Clemens took his first newspaper job at the Virginia City, Nev., Territorial Enterprise doesn't fully explain the place of honor...
...with a pseudonym. Most of it came from the refinancing of a 1999 Brazilian deal, under which Bank of America raised $300 million from U.S. investors to acquire a stake in Parmalat's Brazilian group. News of the transaction sent Parmalat stock soaring 17% in a single day, as investors were cheered by the idea that Americans were buying into the company. The transaction is now a central element of Bondi's case against the bank; he says it made a loan look like an equity infusion, a charge the bank denies. The refinancing was even more controversial: Sala admitted...
Under the pseudonym William August, Caimi played small parts in films such as last summer’s “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” which starred Will Ferrell and Christina Applegate. He also appeared in a number of television shows, including NBC’s “American Dreams.” He is currently working on “Bittersweet Place,” an independent film that will be released next year...