Word: raiding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...matter. The mere fact that he was buying into gold was enough to cause a stampede. When unexpected reports of inflation caused the price to rise again last week, it just seemed to confirm his legendary nose for the market. After all, this was the man who led the raid on the Bank of England during last September's European currency crisis, a robber baron, as some called him, who emerged with profits estimated at $2 billion by selling sterling short...
...children . . . was the . . . apparent weakness in their attachments to adults (sometimes including parents) in or out of the compound," says Bruce Perry, the Baylor College of Medicine psychiatrist who headed the team of 12 medical volunteers that studied the children for two months following the Feb. 28 raid...
...Washington that the progression from shock to anger was most obvious. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen admitted to being "deeply troubled" at conflicting statements on whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms knew Koresh had been tipped off before its initial February raid; ATF head Stephen Higgins promptly expressed a willingness to resign. And during a hearing in the House, Michigan Congressman John Conyers Jr. exploded at Attorney General Janet Reno, calling the government's actions "a profound disgrace to law enforcement" and implying she was trying to "rationalize" the deaths. With emotion, Reno responded, "I feel more strongly about...
...reason we are rallying in front of the consulate's office is that we feel that it's primarily the government's responsibility that the people are where they are right now," Kim raid. "Secondly, we feel that it's Nissan's responsibility. They are the ones who own the land...
...Ivan Boesky's Latest Raid...