Word: ran
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Morell, a railroad worker and union organizer, ran as a socialist, hoping to capitalize on Cambridge's alleged political radicalism...
While 65 students ran for House representativesoverall, there were only two candidates inWinthrop House. Currier House, on the other hand,had 12 candidates...
Looper was a perennial also-ran in local politics. A candidate in five recent elections, he has switched parties twice; in 1988 he volunteered to work for Al Gore's presidential campaign. This time Looper was running as a Republican, trying to attract attention by legally changing his middle name from Anthony to (Low Tax). The stunt--parentheses and all--did little to disguise his idiosyncrasies. Looper is already under indictment on charges of misuse of office and, in June, had been slapped with a $1.2 million paternity suit by his live-in girlfriend. (He reacted to her charges with...
...find great value in the so-called cyclical stocks and in high-yield or "junk" bonds. I have avoided junk for years because too many weak companies were able to borrow at rates only slightly higher than those paid by the strongest debtors. Confidence in the economy ran so high that even companies with no hope of making a profit this decade could tap the markets cheaply. Junk-bond investors weren't getting paid enough for their risks...
...finance-industry division. But, entrepreneurial at heart, he quit to start a company that bought, sold and leased used IBM equipment. The company was soon taken over by Cook Industries, a conglomerate headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., that had interests in everything from hardwood floors to termite-terminating. "Bark" ran the data-processing operation for the entire enterprise...