Word: walls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since arriving in Nairobi eleven months ago, Wood has traveled almost constantly from one battle scene to the next, his suitcases never quite unpacked. "My wife has tacked a large map of Africa on the wall of our Nairobi house," he reports, "just to show the kids 'where Daddy...
Ravenel had seldom known this sort of misfortune in his earlier years. A native of Charleston, S.C., he was First Marshal of his class at Harvard, and later entered Harvard Business School. Afterward, he became a successful investment banker on Wall St. and a White House Fellow...
McEnroe put Sadri back against the wall by taking 7-6 decisions in the first two sets, but the North Carolinian picked up one service break to polish off the third set, 7-5, and pull within a set of McEnroe...
...convict remains bitter about his prison stint. Some Wall Street lawyers found the sentence extraordinarily harsh for an offense customarily punished by fines. The episode also brought to a standstill a project that was beginning to preoccupy Wolfson more than any business deals: turning his 478-acre...
Stocks, bonds and Government securities. Foreign money, much of it from Britain and Arab countries, is swirling through Wall Street. Corporate securities held by foreigners as portfolio investments have grown from $34.9 billion in 1974 to $57.7 billion last year. In recent weeks foreign buying has become a major force behind the dramatic rise in the U.S. stock market. Overseas investors also hold an estimated $7.6 billion in U.S. Treasury bills and notes, more than four times as much as in 1974. By making the investments, foreigners are helping to finance the nation's excessive deficit spending, thereby eliminating...