Word: spender
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...well Elway could play was a question, but how well he would be paid was not. The baseball "rights" to Elway belonged to the New York Yankees, who belong to George Steinbrenner, a free spender capable of buying a pennant and everything else on the shelf. And he seems loath to pay less than $1 million for anything. In six weeks of minor league baseball last summer, Class A ball in Oneonta, N.Y., Outfielder Elway batted .318. However, since Class A pitchers seldom throw a curve on purpose, there was naturally some uncertainty about whether Elway could ever...
...Government was palpable. He spoke of world leaders he had met, of knowing where the country's best brains are located. He pointed out his long record of fighting for the disadvantaged and the poor. To ensure that no one would think him an old-fashioned liberal spender, he always assailed the huge budget deficits. "We can't go back to a lot of new spending programs," he said. "We all know that...
...triumphant 1950 comeback as Sunset Boulevard's aging actress Norma Desmond. "You used to be big," the silent-screen star is told. "I am big," intones Swanson unforgettably. "It's the pictures that got small." Married six times, enthusiastic about health foods and natural cosmetics, maker and spender of millions, she never got small. In her final film role (Airport 1975), she portrayed herself. It was the role she never misplayed...
...nearly every brewer, the best way to reach these customers is through sporting events. In that contest, Anheuser-Busch appears to be the biggest spender. On radio, the company sponsors 20 of the 26 major league baseball teams, 14 of the 28 pro-football teams, 18 of the 23 basketball teams and twelve of 21 hockey teams. After all those outlays, there is still money for promoting racquetball, running, touch football, fishing, drag racing, softball, horse racing, soccer, rodeos and bowling. Busch also spends millions on the teams themselves. It owns the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, paid $10 million...
During periods of disinflation, the wise consumer is a saver and lender, not a spender and borrower. No longer does it make sense to go into debt to buy things because Joans can be paid off later in cheaper dollars With a 16.5% prime rate, borrowing is very expensive. And since prices are rising slowly, there is little chance that the item bought will be worth a lot more in the future. Says Joel Crabtree, a senior vice president of Chicago's Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co.: "There's less premium on holding hard assets, like diamonds...