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Word: sickliest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cash needed to pay off the depositors of the insolvent S and Ls and thus wind down the problem once and for all. Though the FSLIC has shut down, merged or taken over 108 institutions since the beginning of 1986, the agency has had to allow some of the sickliest thrifts to stay in business through the device of lenient accounting practices. Complains William Black, deputy director of the FSLIC: "We are the only shop that keeps insolvent institutions open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troubled Temples of Thrift | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

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