Word: splits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same red material to block the warehouse's windows and keep out prying eyes. A stern taskmaster, he forbade drug use by employees and demanded that they keep the garage immaculate. Oil spills were mopped instantly, while car parts were piled like groceries -- in perfect stacks. Ever wily, he split his operation into distinct divisions: thieves and choppers. No one but Wills knew the complete workings of the business. Still, the boss could not resist the occasional bit of brazen bravado. Detectives trailing him once saw Wills calmly lean out the window of a hot 1970 yellow Corvette to banter...
...when she met big spender Bernie Cornfeld, the financial impresario who in the 1970s was accused and then acquitted of fraud when his $2 billion mutual-fund empire collapsed. Bernie and Heidi were just good friends, so to speak, living it up, jetting around Europe. After they split, Heidi met Nagy, who introduced her to Hollywood brothel-keeper Elizabeth ("Madam Alex") Adams. Heidi said she was merely Madam Alex's assistant; Madam Alex, now retired, begs to differ. So does Nagy...
...dismantling of Enimont was a major blow, but there was worse to come. In 1991 other family members balked at his attempt to pass control of the Ferruzzi empire to his children. Gardini, his wife and children split from the rest of the family, consoled by a golden handshake estimated at $380 million...
...bought a box of shells from a friend and practiced loading and unloading the gun. Finally one Saturday, they drove out of town and headed for the countryside. "We didn't know quite what we were going to do until we found this tree near a cornfield that was split right down the middle into a V," says Doug. He loaded one shell and carefully worked the gun into the crotch of the tree until it fit tightly. Then, while both boys crouched behind the sides of the tree, Doug reached around to the gun, felt for the trigger, closed...
According to the terms of the split, Harvard will no longer receive a dividend on its preferred stock, and those shares will be convertible only into shares of the highly leveraged Host Marriott...