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...history. Thayer paid $555,000 of the total, roughly equal to the illegal gains of his friends. "He has made more than full restitution," said Fiske. Although the SEC failed to get Thayer and the others to pay back profits made by more remote beneficiaries who might have got secondhand tips from the inner circle, securities experts say that the case has set legal precedents. "This establishes a principle that the SEC has asserted for some time," says Washington Securities Lawyer John Olson. "The tipper is liable for the profits of tippees...
...what really mattered in inter-Arab ties, he said, was not "an official formula" but what was in "our hearts and consciences." Translation: he has not forgotten that since the gulf war began in 1980, Egypt has sold Iran about $1 billion worth of arms, including large amounts of secondhand Soviet-made equipment...
...Snipes, his focus has gone to the machine itself. "When I started out, I didn't have any money for a machine to watch my fights. I tried to borrow from my promoter, but he said I didn't need a machine. By myself I ended up getting a secondhand...
...distaff side, the featured item for the spring is lots and lots and lots of wool coats, with trickily designed lapels and buttons solely designed solely to distinguish your coat from the thousands of cheaper models hanging in secondhand shops throughout the nation. The window pane checked Ferragomo coat is nice example, particularly when compared to the coccoon coat from Callaghan--an attempt, I guess, to evoke the fond memories of the Stay-Puff Marshmallow...
Sartorially, Ginsberg meets his fellow citizens halfway: sports jackets, slacks, shirts and ties bought secondhand at the Salvation Army. His $260-a- month apartment in Manhattan's run-down East Village is furnished in Early Struggling Artist: an assortment of old tables and chairs, aging appliances and, for some reason having to do with a previous renovation, a kitchen sink in the living room. The walk-up tenement has no working front bell. To enter, a visitor must call up from the sidewalk and wait for the poet to throw down a key rolled up in a sock...