Word: ridden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...party acted like a criminal cartel, financing what it called "friendly firms" abroad. He claimed to have seen a list of 60 such companies, all created by Western Communists. Last week Justice Minister Fedorov told parliamentary investigators the party had shamelessly used Western credits to shore up debt-ridden friendly companies in Europe instead of buying much needed grain or baby food...
...Motorcycle Maintenance (which he read in college), Owen wants to "demystify technology" for all home owners. "There is a powerful feeling of tranquility that comes from knowing how one's house is put together," Owen writes. "My childhood would have been somewhat less anxiety-ridden had I realized...there was no way for pirates to crawl... from the laundry chute to... my bed and stab me through my mattress...
Despite the presence of the standard lime-green army surplus shower curtains we all have, there is always a rather large, cold, deep, slimy, bacteria-ridden puddle in front of my shower. It's rather gross, to say the least. However, unlike Moses and his pals, there's no deity around to part the waters...
...problems in Amex's core business come after a long string of mishaps in its diversified pursuits. The chief money drain has been its Shearson Lehman Bros. investment arm, which suffered mightily from its $962 million takeover of ailing and scandal-ridden E.F. Hutton in 1988. Shearson is just now starting to show signs of recovery from Wall Street's postcrash slump. Amex had hoped to flee the securities business, but after failing to find a buyer for Shearson, Amex injected $1 billion in capital to restructure the firm...
...bell's desk attendant, concurs that her job has its share of anxiety-ridden moments...