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Virginia lottery officials suspect that an Australian investor group, which regularly places huge sums of money in foreign lotteries, was behind the mass purchase. The group apparently located Virginia lottery outlets that were willing to churn out mass quantities of tickets in order to reap huge sales commissions...
...addition to pantries, there are 35 programs in total under the umbrella of the $43,000 lump sum the city has doled out. So if the money is divided evenly among the programs, the food pantry network may only reap $1000 from the allotment, according to Bergman...
...there is no doubt about it. Michael Berry is the Mealtime Messiah. And, echoing thousands of years of traditional travails, the most orthodox of the Jewish people could not reap the rewards of the supposed era of exaltation. Kosher fare remained the same. All we could do was cry to Charlie Tuna and wallow in the wrappers from the pre-packaged kosher cheese...
...legs to communications satellites -- 303-year-old Lloyd's of London is less well understood for how it does it. Unlike most insurance companies, which have limited liability, Lloyd's is a society of underwriters or "names" who pool their funds in syndicates. When times are good, the names reap hefty profits. But when times turn foul, these investors are liable down to their last penny for claims against the syndicate. Recent big-time disasters like the explosion of PanAm Flight 103 over Scotland, America's Hurricane Hugo and the Exxon Valdez oil spill have turned the purses of many...
What recession? Not in the prime-beef market of pro sports. Jordan will reap about $25 million in 1992, most of it from product plugs. Evander Holyfield earned $20 million waltzing with Foreman. Bobby Bonilla signed with the New York Mets for $29 million for five years. And Minnesota-Twin-for-a-year Morris, 36, whose won-lost record for the past four seasons is 54-57, rented his right arm to the Toronto Blue Jays; the two-year deal is worth $10.85 million. That's about $1,500 a pitch, for those of you who couldn't afford...