Word: bankrupts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eighth-grade dropout who ran away from his old Kentucky home at age 14, Flynt joined the Army, then the Navy, worked the night shift at a General Motors assembly plant and, at the advanced age of 21, went bankrupt. He moved to Columbus, and a few years later, was the proprietor of eight Hustler Club bars. He eventually sold the chain, but not before turning its four-page newsletter into Hustler...
...case, the affair produced some unconcealed jubilation in Israel. Gloated the independent Tel Aviv daily Yediot Aharonot: "Sadat certainly learned that while he is engaged in world politics, his own house is about to fall in on him. One cannot foster imperial greatness while going bankrupt at home." That was a shortsighted view indeed; if Sadat had fallen, the chances were strong that his successor might be more inclined toward a renewed confrontation with Israel...
...luck-record corn and wheat harvests as well as big Soviet grain purchases. With the 1977 harvests expected to set new records, farmers may soon need protection from falling prices. Says Bergland: "I favor the free market, but when I say free market, I don't mean bankrupt prices...
...cover claims that were inflated by the rocketing cost of auto parts and medical care. By last summer, its losses had mounted so high that Maximilian Wallach, insurance superintendent for the District of Columbia, where GEICO has its headquarters, set a deadline for moving to have the company declared bankrupt...
...land, Adams' positions and records are even firmer. It was he who in 1970 did most to push through the legislation creating Amtrak as a first step in reviving the nation's dying railroads. In 1973 he was the primary author of the Conrail plan, merging the bankrupt Penn Central and other roads into a Northeastern network. He favors continued regulation of the trucking industry and−most important to big-city dwellers−he believes in improvements in mass transit...