Word: sighting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...opportunities for long-shot ventures with big returns. "It was a real Western boom that made the gold and silver days look pale by comparison," remembers Jim Thomas, executive director of Colorado's Independent Bankers Association. "We attracted all the con men, promoters, hucksters and sleaze artists in sight...
...government's yard of properties is filling up fast, with few buyers in sight. The RTC last week canceled plans for a much ballyhooed November auction of $300 million worth of property that was to have raised sorely needed cash. While the agency attributed the cancellation to disagreements with the auction company, experts pinned part of the blame on sluggish real estate markets and tight credit policies among now cautious lenders. In a sign of the agency's eagerness to unload inventory, Seidman last week urged the government to provide financing for buyers to speed the sale of $50 billion...
...only relief in sight is that this sideshow will soon be overshadowed by the main event. On Oct. 22 the state will outline its case for the judge. At the last hearing the visitors' gallery was packed. Soon it will be the hottest ticket in town, and half the town should be speculating about who should play the various characters when the movie is made. Sean Penn as Lyle? Rob Lowe as Erik? But who should play Judalon Smyth and Oziel...
...required to intervene if they encounter a student serving alcohol to minors. But they are not expected to investigate private parties behind closed doors unless they have reason to suspect that alcohol is being served to underage students. So students may simply keep the drinks out of sight from the tutors--driving another wedge into house life...
...onto a crosstown bus in New York carrying both an attache case and a rib roast, the other passengers might glance up for a second, but then they'd go back to their tabloids. If you asked the driver why he didn't seem to be registering such a sight, he'd say, "Hey, whadaya -- kidding? I seen a million guys like that. You think I'm some kinda farmer or something...