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Whether those assets are immediately found is not imperative. Houghteling said that once the state levies its tax bill, it will have six years to collect. "So if three years from now [a dealer] buys a house on the Cape, that could be held to pay off his tax tab," she said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State to Levy Tax on Drug Sales | 7/25/1989 | See Source »

...credit-card receipts signed by Spence. Though he was not the only Washington figure to use the service (the Washington Times, which broke the story, says some White House and congressional aides will be implicated), Spence must have been among its best customers. He ran up a $1,525 tab in one day, $20,000 in a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington's Man from Nowhere | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

Gilliam, who learned from his days with Monty Python to be truculent and never truckle, had earlier fought Universal Pictures when it was reluctant to release his film Brazil -- a masterpiece at a mere $15 million. This time he would run up a higher tab -- say, $17 million to $20 million over budget -- and into bigger trouble. David Puttnam, Munchausen's Hollywood sponsor, soon departed as boss of Columbia. Film Finances Inc., which stepped in to supervise the picture, threatened to fire Gilliam if he didn't scale back on the spiraling costs. A producer sued Columbia, claiming that five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lying with A Straight Face | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...Square condominiums is the building which edged out Hubba Hubba. The condominiums, which are selling for $150,000 to $400,000 are being advertised in such upscale newspapers and magazines as Harvard Magazine, The Boston Globe and The Tab, Bishop says...

Author: By Tracy Kramer, | Title: Going for Condos and Smoked Salmon | 2/16/1989 | See Source »

...Long Island housewife who squandered a $30,000 trust fund and several months' mortgage payments on outrageously expensive outfits: "I felt I had nothing to give anyone. So I gave a fashion show." Men, on the other hand, favor electronic gadgetry and tools, and picking up the tab at meals. Notes Janet Damon, a psychotherapist in New York and author of a new book, Shopaholics (Price Stern Sloan; $16.95): "They try to boost their self-esteem by buying an image of power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: 365 Shopping Days till Christmas | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

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