Word: ruinously
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...very name Monaco carries about it the whiff of tuxedos, fast boats and ruinous expense - and all three will be in evidence at the Monaco Yacht Show,[an error occurred while processing this directive] monacoyachtshow.org, to be held in the principality from Sept...
...will observe the truce. The Lebanese government doesn't appear to have much enthusiasm for confronting Hizballah on the disarmament issue, mindful of the fact that the group has emerged politically stronger than ever, particularly among its Shi'ite base, and seeking a showdown over disarmament could provoke another ruinous civil...
...bizarre plot could have proved ruinous for Coca-Cola: thieves tried to sell some of its secrets to PepsiCo. But after a tip from Pepsi, the FBI last week arrested the culprits. "Competition can be fierce," says Pepsi spokesman Dave DeCecco, "but must also be fair and legal." Here's how the soda sting went down...
...Heinrich Zangger [Berlin,] 2 June 1917 Dear friend Zangger, Your last letter makes me worry anew because I see that the upkeep of my sick family has acquired a ruinous quality. My net income (after deduction of taxes, etc.) has been reduced to 13,000 marks (this case has now in fact come to pass). From that I need for myself, in order to make at least an appearance of maintaining the kind of lifestyle rightfully expected of me, 5,000 marks. If I don't want to save up a single penny, what's left is 8,000 marks...
After a few final hours of procrastination, Mobutu, 66, ultimately accepted the harsh but just verdict of history. His grossly ruinous reign was finished. On Friday he flew without fanfare to his garish mansion at Gbadolite, 700 miles north of Kinshasa, leaving Information Minister Kin-Kiey Mulumba to announce to the press that the President had "ceased all intervention in the conduct of the affairs of state." Mobutu, who had said he would never be known as "ex-President," only "late President," still refused to give up his title. The President "reigns but does not govern," said Kin-Kiey...