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Word: wiring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...final match against Porter (who had beaten Hulbert in their two previous meetings) went right down to the wire. The Tiger held a 14-11 lead in the fifth game of the best-of-five match before Hulbert stormed back to win in a tie-breaker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women's Squash | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

...agreement falls apart. These dramatic wins and wipeouts have earned arbs a reputation as Wall Street's most daring investors. Says Daniel Tisch, an arb for Wall Street's Salomon Brothers: "You can't be 100% sane to sit here and, based on 20 words on the Dow Jones wire, risk $10 million to $15 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swimming with the Sharks | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

...laundering money, a more serious offense. But federal officials implied that, intentionally or not, laundering was probably taking place. Racketeers, whose profits frequently take the form of small bills, typically dodge the IRS by sending the cash to overseas banks. Those institutions return the funds to the U.S. via wire transfers, often to accounts with assumed names. The overseas banks, left with piles of small bills, then ship them back to U.S. banks in exchange for larger bills. The simple act of bill swapping is totally legal so long as it is reported correctly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dirty Cash and Tarnished Vaults | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

Both Cable Plus and 3C said they expect to wire the City within 24 months, while American said the job could be completed within one year...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Cambridge to Pick Cable Franchise | 2/12/1985 | See Source »

...country Communist. But he must contend with a deeply religious people for whom the Roman Catholic Church is more a symbol of national identity than is the government, and an outlawed Solidarity leadership has been brilliantly successful at keeping protest alive. So far, Jaruzelski has been performing his high-wire balancing act with great skill, at some cost to Communist orthodoxy: the current trial of members of the secret police for the murder of Government Critic Father Jerzy Popieluszko is unprecedented in any Communist state. Poland's dilemma seems to defy resolution: it is almost as difficult to envision Jaruzelski...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Four Troublesome Hot Spots | 1/28/1985 | See Source »

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