Word: trade
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Schrager broke new ground when he decided that a "point of view" is more important than standardization in a hotel. It's been his stock-in-trade since 1984, when he and his late partner Steve Rubell (whose family today runs its own hotels in Miami) opened Morgans in midtown Manhattan. It was both a professional and a personal reclamation project. The two spent slightly more than a year in prison for tax evasion following the collapse of their disco empire; soon after, they ventured into a more respectable branch of the hospitality industry. "People expected...
...trade was big news, making the cover of Sports Illustrated and ESPN Magazine. He was supposed to elevate the Rockets to contender status. He got the huge contract he felt he deserved and went on to have his worst year since...
...Rockets traded for point guard Francis, the No. 2 pick in the draft, to ease Scottie's load. If the trade doesn't occur, Anderson, one of the top free agents who could realistically have changed teams, will start at shooting guard and give Pippen some rest also...
...proposed trade isn't a good one for the Rockets. They would trade one star player for six ranging from scrub to solid. So it's obvious they do not want to make this deal...
...very much believe in the analytical and critical thinking of a liberal arts education," he says, "....but it's anachronistic to think of accounting as a trade skill...