Word: tensely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Boesky seemed determined to become richer than his father-in-law. His zealousness shocked the arbitrage business, which had been accustomed to small, cautious investments. Boesky frequently bet the ranch, sometimes tens of millions of dollars, on single takeover bids. His gambles usually succeeded, which he attributed to an unheard...
Hoving does not view them kindly. "They could be bidding on pork bellies," he says. But surely the allure of possessing something unique exerts a strong pull. When the annual income of top investment bankers ranges between $1 million and $5 million and when takeover specialists can make tens of...
They begin to arrive a few at a time, bright, familiar butterflies alighting in the upper branches of the gray-green fir trees. But as the month of November wears on, the sky becomes filled with tiny, floating flecks of color. Tens of millions of butterflies descend from the skies...
Under the SEC's consent judgment, Boesky agreed to relinquish $50 million in illegal profits and pay an equal amount in civil indemnities. That is an enormous total by SEC standards: in the twelve months that ended in September the agency had obtained fines and returns of illegal profits totaling...
This group includes children from low-income families, ethnic minorities, non-English or recent speakers of English, and those with specific reading and learning disabilities (dyslexia). Taken together, they make up about one-third or more of the school population--some tens of millions of children and young people who...