Word: worthlessness
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...better in this world than upright work," he says-to the constant irritation of his children. Lenore ("the first woman I ever had") bore him two boys, Manuel and Roberto, and two girls, Consuelo and Marta. Of the four, only Marta holds his affection. He considers the rest ungrateful, worthless drifters. "They don't like to have anyone order them around." he says. "First they want to be millionaires and then...
...maximum of 200 new-style pesos in cash, with the rest "credited" to their names in a government-controlled "bank account," from which from then on they might draw 1,000 pesos after a week and no more than 100 pesos per month. All old pesos were declared worthless...
...invariably struck by the overcrowded restaurants. "What else can I do with my money?" explained one diner. "It isn't safe to save it, since you never know when they are going to change the currency or ask all of those with money in banks to buy worthless state bonds. We can't get decent furniture or clothes. So the best idea is to eat well and forget about...
...Frank Leahy, 52, saw his Colorado oil bubble burst into the news again when the Securities and Exchange Commission, winding up a two-year probe of Hamilton Oil & Gas Corp., charged Leahy with making "misleading" statements in the peddling of $230,000 of the company's now nearly worthless stock. Responded former Hamilton Vice President Leahy, who suffered a business-induced nervous breakdown last year: "I feel that the SEC knows that I am guilty only of overenthusiasm and lack of experience. If it is God's last act on earth for me, I'll repay...
Some drugs, widely prescribed by reputable physicians, are worthless. Others have hidden dangers about which doctors are not told enough. Some are inadequately tested in animals before being marketed, so that human patients serve, in effect, as guinea pigs to find out whether they are safe or not. A drug may be so costly, especially if it is a patented, monopoly item, that a patient's drug bill for a single illness can run to thousands of dollars. Almost any drug costs far more if it is prescribed by trade name instead of the generic chemical name...