Word: wayed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...argued that Regan and Princeton/Newport did violate the tax law, but -- worse -- tried to disguise what they did by breaking up their repurchases into odd amounts at varying prices. What perhaps got Regan into the hottest water, though -- and it's kind of scary the Government might work this way -- is that he refused to provide damning evidence against Drexel and others: "Cooperate and we'll go easy on you. Stonewall us and we'll kill you." We've seen it on TV a thousand times...
...Regan's defense team was certainly right to decry the Government's use of RICO. Even the Justice Department seems to agree it shouldn't be used this way again. At best, you might say it was sort of like bombing Hiroshima. The Government was looking for something dramatic to end the war, but it was of questionable morality...
Stieglitz finally married his mistress in 1924. But several years later, he became infatuated with a younger woman. A series of domestic and professional skirmishes followed; O'Keeffe suffered a breakdown and stopped painting. It was two years before she saw a way out: "If I can keep my courage and leave Stieglitz," she told a friend, "I plan to go West...
...mark the 200th anniversary of the founding of the first American diocese. But their deliberations quickly turned sober as they confronted thorny problems that dominated the agenda. Among their actions: a response to AIDS that urges compassion for those with HIV infection -- and strict chastity as the only sure way to avoid the disease -- but sidesteps the bishops' earlier qualified toleration of condom education; a reiterated call for a Palestinian homeland and security for Israel; and a stepped-up antiabortion campaign...
...crowded U.S. market is increasingly unforgiving to any automaker, foreign or domestic, that loses its way. After a fast start, sales of the South Korean-made Hyundai Excel have plunged. While Nissan has performed well in 1989 on the strength of higher-priced models like the Maxima, it suffered from poor sales between 1985 and 1988 because of weak marketing and a stodgy product line. Says Laurel Cutler, Chrysler's vice president of consumer affairs: "There's no market for products that everybody likes just a little. Anything that's boring is vulnerable. I would say that the midsize market...