Word: dealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gerth of the New York Times began poking around Arkansas, interviewing McDougal and others about Madison and Whitewater. Hillary called her good friend New York lawyer Susan Thomases. She told Thomases that a reporter had stumbled onto a "stupid" investment she and Bill had made, and that the whole deal made her furious, especially at her husband. He'd got them into it, she said; McDougal was his friend. "I don't want everyone digging into our personal records," Hillary complained. She retained Thomases to look into the deal and handle reporters' questions. Around the same time, Hillary also made...
...they were interested, and wanted to talk to the Clintons and maybe some other potential investors about it. They weren't told that the price per acre of nearly $900, a total of $203,000, was more than double what the 101 group was paying for it in a deal that hadn't even yet closed. As with his earlier deal with Wade, McDougal wanted to move quickly, listing the individual lots for resale as soon as possible, even before closing. He didn't see the investment as more than a two- or three-year venture...
Given the incestuous relationships (prohibited under current banking laws), it's surprising the application didn't breeze through the approval process. Despite its small asset base and remote location, the bank in Flippin was conservatively run. By its standards, a $200,000 loan was a big deal. Burge was also concerned that the small bank had too many loans outstanding in this single area around the White River, since the bank had also financed some of the 101 Development Corp.'s purchase of the larger parcel from which the 230 acres were being carved...
...question in Christopher's mind that U.S. policy was at a critical point. "This was the most risky derailment we have had," he told TIME. "My first reaction was what a sense of trauma it must be for the Israeli people and for Peres. You can try to deal with the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, which for the Israeli people was so much harder than most people realize because it was a Jew killing a Jew. Then there was the terrorist incident the prior weekend. I knew that with another one, they would cross an emotional line...
...significant drop in male fertility. In the 1960s, says Dr. Masood Khatamee of New York City's Fertility Research Foundation, only about 8% of the men who came for consultation had a fertility problem. Today that number is up to 40%. "This concerns us a great deal," he says, "and that's why we're so adamant about finding the causes...