Word: riche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also kept meticulous notes. When they raided her town house after finding out about the business, reportedly from a disgruntled call girl, investigators discovered a not-so-little black book with the names of more than 3,000 clients, a list so rich with executives, athletes, Arab sheiks, foreign officials, movie stars and prominent society figures that one awed officer called it a Who's Who. Each patron's pet vices were neatly inked next to his name. One notation cautioned that the customer often reeked of garlic. Another, more refined regular was so valued he was rewarded...
...deny the President his due for this achievement, but we doubt that the recovery is of long-term significance. For one thing, this "success" has nothing to do with the increased investment Reagan's supply-side minions said would be brought on by tax-cuts for corporations and the rich. It has everything to do with Reagan's massive and pointless increases in defense spending and his bulging budget deficits, which together have unintentionally provided the impetus for an old-fashioned, demand-driven Keynsian recovery...
Federal officials will probably never be able to put Rich and Green on trial. Swiss authorities refused last month to hand over the pair on the ground that a 1900 extradition treaty with the U.S. does not cover the fugitives' alleged crimes. A further difficulty is that Rich has renounced his American citizenship to become a Spaniard, and Green reportedly is now a Bolivian. The two are unlikely to return to the U.S. of their own accord. Prosecutor Giuliani has said he would accept no plea bargain from the traders unless it would "expose them to substantial prison terms...
...Rich and Green apparently remain ensconced in their modern, blue-glass headquarters in the lakeside town of Zug (pop. 22,000). There the pair are regarded by some natives as folk heroes rather than accused felons. But it will take a long time to rebuild Marc Rich's globe-straddling commodities business. Many customers have reportedly shied away, as have some of the firm's skilled traders! Said one departed employee: "This company has gone through hell." Not to mention having just given up nearly $200 million...
...Prague's Vinohrady Hospital, where he had been admitted the previous week for treatment of a heart ailment and diabetes. Swedish Ambassador Olof Skoglund came to his bedside and presented him with the academy's statement honoring him "for his poetry, which, endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness, provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man." To the press afterward, Skoglund added, "He was overwhelmed. But I could see he was very tired...