Word: slews
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...also on accountants and lawyers who closed their eyes to clients' shenanigans. So says the U.S. government, which claims a "landmark" victory in making that case. Ernst & Young, one of the Big Six accounting firms, agreed to pay a near record fine of $400 million to settle a slew of cases charging it with failing to blow a whistle on S&Ls it audited. For example, say the feds, the firm failed to challenge fictitious sales of real estate made by the now defunct Lincoln Savings & Loan in order to inflate its reported profits. Ernst & Young might have been socked...
...Before a slew of television reporters and a crowd of more than 80, Ashe said in a brief acceptance speech that he was "taken aback" by the award and said he hoped to "grow tall into the crown of leadership...
Apart from the playful Kiss That Frog, based on the Prince Charming fairy tale, Us offers little in the way of light fare. Recent Gabriel converts who expect another slew of hits to equal those heard on So will be disappointed, but Gabriel's older fans, accustomed to his challenging lyrics and textured musical landscapes, will find that Us is for them...
...launch a rock band) and 2000 Malibu Road, a soap opera set in a California beach house, all drew strong ratings this summer. Coming this fall are NBC's The Round Table (young professionals in Washington), Fox's Class of '96 (students at a small Northeastern college) and a slew of youth- oriented sitcoms...
That pitch roused the crowd in Houston, but polls show most Republicans still consider Quayle unqualified. And a slew of other presidential aspirants are also positioning themselves to run in 1996. Among them: chief of staff James Baker, conservative pundit Pat Buchanan, Housing Secretary Jack Kemp, Massachusetts Governor William Weld and William Bennett, former commander of the war on drugs. And Texas Senator Phil Gramm, another 1996 hopeful, hurt himself with a keynote address that delegates judged too long and snoozy. Then again, that was the rap on the 1988 keynote speech of the Democrat who now leads George Bush...