Word: case
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...think that's the case. I would be naive if I were to sit here and deny that the Bush name didn't have something to do with it. But I want to make it very, very clear: I was never asked, and I made it clear before joining the board that I never would intervene for Silverado in the regulatory process. No one with credibility has accused me of that; in fact, no one has, as far as I know...
Bush's effort to fight back could be costly and ultimately futile since the regulators' diligence from this point on may be judged by how effectively they handle the case against the President's son. His comment that in cities like Denver "everybody has relationships, everybody knows everybody" only adds to the image of insider deals made with government guarantees that privatized profits and socialized losses. Bush must answer the OTS charges at a Sept. 25 administrative hearing in Denver...
...young Bush, the FDIC may feel pressure to push its suit to partially recover from the directors and officers of Silverado the $1 billion loss to taxpayers. On Friday Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee asked the Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor to handle the Silverado case; but at least one of the members, Edward F. Feighan of Ohio, abruptly withdrew from the effort after G.O.P. leaders threatened to seek the appointment of another special prosecutor to investigate the actions of former Democratic leaders...
...ambitions have been toward emotional, not intellectual, riches. Thus two new plays appearing in metropolitan San Diego would be noteworthy for their reach, whatever their merits. But what Keith Reddin, 34, aspires to in Life During Wartime and Lee Blessing, 40, aims at in Cobb proves in each case to be well within the writer's grasp...
...following an 11-day, 2,639-km (1,640-mile) course that began in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and will pass through eight states. The high-tech Soap Box Derby is scheduled to finish this week at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Mich., outside Detroit. (In case of extended rain, the race may be delayed.) According to the < contest's sponsors -- GM, the Department of Energy and the Society of Automotive Engineers -- the race is more than a vivid demonstration of what today's solar technology can do. They hope that it will also stir the creative juices...