Word: poisoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...package of cigarettes to poison...
...outstanding bonds lost 20% of their value. Furious bondholders, including Metropolitan Life and ITT, immediately sued for damages. Declared Metropolitan Life chairman Creedon: "No one in his right mind wants to invest in corporate bonds anymore." In fact, the LBO binge has created a financial innovation called the "poison put," which guarantees bondholders against the risk of buyouts and other unexpected deals that might depress their holdings...
...Stalin in 1923.) But Arutyunyan also declared that the Yerevan demonstrators were "not supported by the broad masses." In reply, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev chided an Armenian delegation that had come to the Kremlin to plead the cause. Gorbachev described Armenian demonstrators as "opponents of perestroika" who "wanted to poison the people's consciousness with nationalist intoxication...
...Five P' s of Poison Ivy Politics -- the public, the process, the packagers, the polls and the press -- bear collective responsibility for the nastiest campaign in memory. -- Congressman Lee Hamilton suggests requiring presidential nominees to address a single major issue each week. -- With her head held high, Imelda Marcos is arraigned...
...well, and understanding them may be the only way to prevent the 1992 race from becoming so ugly that it will even make voters nostalgic for this year's second debate. The collective responsibility for the sour campaign rests with what might be called the Five P's of Poison-Ivy Politics: the public, the process, the packagers, the polls and the press...