Word: toweritis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...police department is barricading the Prudential Center and the Hancock Tower against the estimated 300,000 who have threatened to jump if Bruce leaves. Hordes of Red Sox fans have assembled on the banks of the Charles, pledging to swim in the sludge if Hurst flies the coop...
...charges have triggered a vigorous debate over Milken's role in 1980s finance. Is he a megalomaniac who has built a tottering tower of corporate debt? Or is he a financial genius whose funding of unsung, mid-size industries greatly overshadows his role as a takeover player? He has many defenders among buyers and users of his junk bonds. Says MCI chairman William McGowan, whom Drexel helped raise $2.4 billion for building long-distance telephone lines: "When we first went to Milken, we were not even qualified for junk bonds, but he was able to help us. People went...
...include a stern call to Roman virtue and gravity. Arcadia's weather is always equable, and its views intimate and mellow. Above all, its location is not too far out of town; Giorgione, Titian, Rubens and other pastoralists never fail to include the reassuring sight of a martello tower or a farmhouse in the middle distance...
...improbable hike, Bush's numbers would fall more than $140 billion short of what the military wants over the next five years. The President-elect has yet to spell out which military programs he will put on hold. Bush's likely pick for Defense Secretary, former Texas Senator John Tower, would only add to the controversy. An unabashed hawk with strong ties to military contractors, Tower came under fire last week from moderates who think the job should go to a disciplined financial manager. Tower wants to bring his own associates into the Pentagon, but Bush's aides are insisting...
...Welcome to Israel. Please state the purpose of your visit," the tower responded...