Word: repaid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rickenbacker used to be a hotel bookkeeper, dreaming of what life would be like without a boss. Her break came when she was able to borrow $500 to buy a powerful new sewing machine and become a professional seamstress. Having repaid the loan after one year, she is thinking about expanding her operation...
...Bush sought a $900,000 line of credit on behalf of developer Kenneth Good, who several years earlier had given Bush a $100,000 no-risk loan that was eventually forgiven. "I know it sounds a little fishy," Bush testified. "The loan ((from Good)) was never meant to be repaid unless there was a success" in a commodities venture in which Bush took part. Federal thrift regulators, who question young Bush's explanations, are seeking an order barring him from repeating any such conflicts. Moreover, he may face civil suits from Silverado's depositors. While the younger Bush's role...
...backing regional wars and propping up shaky governments to gain an ephemeral geopolitical advantage. In dire economic straits itself, Moscow has grown disenchanted with a strategy that annually pumps well over $19 billion into the Third World -- two-thirds of it in military assistance and much of it not repaid -- for little or no dividend...