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Don't be afraid of going for broke and wearing it all.
They're attempting to get ahead of it...They are going for broke.
Opinion|Bernie Sanders Is Going for Broke: Is maximalism the best political strategy?
"They're going for broke," Mr. Wilson said of lawmakers opposed to downloadable guns.
Because when it comes to social research, I believe in going for broke.
Going for broke is not necessarily the expected course when fellow stores are going broke.
"The C.G.T. is going for broke," wrote Michel Noblecourt, the labor correspondent at Le Monde, the French newspaper.
From there, maybe CERN will build a 62-mile-round ring, going for broke to find whatever they can.
Instead of going for broke on comedy, Community went for broke on being beautiful, and that made all the difference.
Update Wednesday October 25th, 10:15AM ET: Trump, going for broke, tweets again: "I rarely use a cellphone" via his iPhone.
By combining the tax cut bill and the repeal of the individual mandate, Republicans are going for broke -- legislatively and politically.
The tennis tactic in question is hitting a second serve much more like a first serve: going for broke in sum.
Instead, it feels like they're all going for broke trying to race each other to see who can cover the entire front end the most.
Commentary by Michael Tanner, a a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author of Going for Broke: Deficits, Debt, and the Entitlement Crisis .
He played golf with style, going for broke on shots and (earlier in his career) smoking cigarettes on the course as he engineered incredible wins.
A whole movie where the villains are the good guys, and they're headed by The Joker, featuring Jared Leto going for broke, for better or worse?
Going for broke, Johnson's second shot caught the edge of the green but rolled down into a water hazard, an apt finish to a miserable day.
The New York attorney general, meanwhile, going for broke with a lawsuit targeting this president and his family and his Trump Foundation, of all days, a coincidence.
After losing the first set, Medvedev changed his approach midway through the second set, the Russian going for broke with pretty much every shot, particularly on second serve.
There's one key reason the show won me over: Instead of going for broke on horror, it remembered that at its heart, The Exorcist is something you wouldn't expect.
But instead, we are saddled with leaders who are much more adept at breaking things than making things — at going for broke rather than making the best of the bad.
Amid a stacked cast of A-listers going for broke — trashing one another verbally, sometimes trashing rooms literally — she's been an island of wary reserve, her eyes suggesting painful depths.
The DB211 embraces modernity without looking back, going for broke with a redefined mission to poach well-heeled buyers who might otherwise fall for stalwarts like Bentley, Ferrari, Porsche, and Rolls-Royce.
The DB113 embraces modernity without looking back, going for broke with a redefined mission to poach well-heeled buyers who might otherwise fall for stalwarts like Bentley, Ferrari, Porsche, and Rolls-Royce.
Unfortunately, after going for broke to re-elect Scott Walker in 2018, the party is now broke—one maxed-out credit card cost the party $600 a month in interest payments alone.
"He's going for broke," one person who speaks with Trump said, adding that Trump didn't see his actions as illegal and has theorized his opponents have been doing the same thing to him.
Kerber, in the midst of a resurgent season of her own, won, 6-3, 6-3, rebooting rallies with her defense while Ostapenko kept going for broke and too often missing the target.
Strategic strengths include knowing when to keep batting balls and going for broke and when to cradle the ball in the crux of the flipper and deliberately aim it toward certain targets for more methodical scoring.
If "Going for Broke" explored the absurdities of being broke—holding desperately onto what one has until payday arrives—then this week's episode is a more surrealist, dream-like state, the heady effect of for-real poverty.
Sony has advised the studios against going for broke on a tour-de-force, VR blockbuster—which would probably be outdated by the time it was released—in favor of a "shotgun" approach with a ton of simple, well-executed titles.
GOING FOR BROKE: The Hill's Ben Kamisar reports: Sanders trained his fire on Trump's casino failures during a Monday rally in Atlantic City, N.J., characterizing the economic struggles of the once-booming resort city as indicative of where Trump would take the country.
If Rubio goes on to place high in Iowa and do well in New Hampshire, he and his aides will see it as the realization of a strategy of going for broke at the right moment in the states that render the first judgments in the presidential race.
After going for broke last year with a strategy of trying to undo the withdrawal, they are rallying their weary, despairing supporters for hugely consequential battles ahead over the shape of Brexit, leaning on lawmakers to preserve smooth trading ties with Europe so British workers can keep their jobs.
In his book "Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming Eighties to a Crashing Halt" (19883), John Rothchild wrote that after Mr. Campeau had agreed to buy Allied, it became apparent that he did not have enough money to cover the down payment.
Seth Gitell, Going for Broke: Al Gore is Running Out of Money. Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
Going for Broke () is a 1977 Danish comedy film directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Preben Kaas.
And I > decided that I didn't want to lock myself into roles that portrayed women > negatively. I turned a lot of (TV and film) opportunities down because of > that. Everyone thought I was crazy. I was really going for broke.
After months of surgery and rehabilitation, Hewgill returned to the concert stage as a soloist in November 2002 with a performance of Brahms' Double Concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.Morgan, Joyce (22 November 2002). "Injured, but still going for broke". The Sydney Morning Herald.
He has written for many television projects including Dogg After Dark and Eddie Griffin: Going For Broke. As an actor, he starred in Dirty Jokes the Movie. He created and starred in the series King of Clubs. He roasted Tommy Lee on Lee's show Battleground Earth.
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "What It's All About is swinging, building up solos to potentially ferocious levels and going for broke. That was always the philosophy that Roy Eldridge followed and, even though it was rather late in his career by the time he recorded this Pablo set, he was still pushing himself".
Barrett Seaman is the co-author of Going For Broke: The Chrysler Story (Doubleday, 1981), together with Michael Moritz, and the author of Binge: Campus Life in an Age of Disconnection and Excess. It was published in 2005 by Wiley. Seaman is a former Time magazine correspondent, White House correspondent and editor. He is a graduate and charter trustee of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.
Lewis with Thompson and son in 1935 In 1914 Lewis married Grace Livingston Hegger (1887–1981), an editor at Vogue magazine. They had one son, Wells Lewis (1917–1944), named after British author H. G. Wells. Serving as a U.S. Army lieutenant during World War II, Wells Lewis was killed in action on October 29 amid Allied efforts to rescue the "Lost Battalion" in France.Steidl, Franz (2008) Lost Battalions: Going for Broke in the Vosges, Autumn 1944.
Several analysts comment that this was perhaps excessively rash. Marston says that Wilson's actions "had a flavour of doomed resignation about them", and suggests that the major believed no other path was open, and was therefore going for broke. The Matabele hovered around the vicinity, waiting to see what Wilson would do next. On the southern side of the river, the 300 Matabele riflemen took up a well-covered position near the riverbank, about to the left of Forbes's position.
"Your Body" garnered mixed to positive reviews from music critics. In a positive feedback, a reviewer from Billboard wrote that "it's clear the diva is going for broke". Writing for Digital Spy, Robert Cospey scored the single a four stars out of five rating and labelled it one of Aguilera's best tracks. Jon Caramanica from The New York Times picked the song as one of the stand-out songs from Lotus that highlighted Aguilera's "volcanic" vocals, naming it "sweaty and bold".
Ponting and Armstrong (2009), p. 38–39. On the fourth afternoon of the Fourth Test, the Indian batting collapsed, and Australia had an opportunity to bowl them out and chase a target of around 250–300 after the tea break."Cricket writers and commentators were stunned by what they saw as [Ponting's] efforts to improve Australia's sluggish over rate rather than going for broke to try and win the vital Nagpur Test." "Aussie press slams Ponting tactics ", AFP 9 November 2008.
The Hudson Italia gained international recognition, but only 25 of these stylish models were produced, in addition to the single prototype. The automobile was Hudson's "last gasp for an image-building smash hit." The authors of the book 365 Cars You Must Drive wrote that the decision represented "going for broke" in that it would bring benefits if the car was successful in the marketplace and would help lift sales for the company. In retrospect, the Italia was one of the "disasters" for the automaker, but represented "typical product development in the automobile industry" at the time.
Twice before 1959, residents of Hawaii asked to be admitted to the U.S. as the 49th state. The exemplary record of the Japanese Americans serving in these units and the loyalty showed by the rest of Hawaii's population during World War II allowed Hawaii to be admitted as the 50th state (Alaska was granted statehood just prior). In post-war American popular slang, the phrase "going for broke" was adopted from the 442nd's unit motto "Go for Broke", which according to the 1951 film Go for Broke! was derived from the Hawaiian pidgin phrase used by craps shooters risking all their money on one roll of the dice.
He then returned to the ABC to host the Media Watch program in 2000. He was effectively sacked from this show by ABC head Jonathan Shier after a controversial interview with ABC chairman Donald McDonald on the subject of government funding for the ABC. However, in August 2010, Barry acted as Media Watch's temporary host for three months while Jonathan Holmes took long- service leave. In 2001 Barry published a book, Going for Broke – How Alan Bond Got Away with It. For the next two years he wrote for The Sydney Morning Herald, winning an additional Walkley Award exposing a tax scam involving prominent barristers in Sydney.
"Cricket writers and commentators were stunned by what they saw as [Ponting's] efforts to improve Australia's sluggish over rate rather than going for broke to try and win the vital Nagpur Test." "Aussie press slams Ponting tactics ", AFP 9 November 2008. However, the Australians were a long way behind on their over rate, so in order to avoid a one match suspension, Ponting chose to bowl their part-time spinners and medium pacers such as Michael Clarke, Cameron White and Mike Hussey (who were all unsuccessful in capturing a wicket), as they took less time. In the meantime, captain MS Dhoni and Harbhajan both added half centuries.
Sent to the juvenile reformatory center in Elmira for robbing a sub shop out of desperation and hunger after sleeping on the streets of New York City. In August 1971, the age of 19, he was transferred to Attica prison to serve the final months of his sentence. During the subsequent trials, Hill married a woman named Alicia, the couple having a baby boy, John Jr., in 1975.Chapter 39, "Going for Broke", in Blood In The Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, by Heather Ann Thompson, 2016 In 1993, Boncore met Sandra Bruderer, a Cree woman whom he later married, at a First Nations/Native American sovereignty conference in Edmonton.
"Romancing the Stone" is a song written, recorded and produced by Eddy Grant, who released it from his 1984 album Going for Broke. It was intended for the 1984 feature film of the same name, in fact was announced by Casey Kasem on the 30 June 1984 edition of American Top 40 as the title song to the movie, but ultimately was used only briefly in the film. Clips from the film appeared in at least one official music video for the song, and the song is mentioned in the film's closing credits. In the United States, the song reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 22 on Cash Box during the summer of that year.
Going for Broke is a 1984 album by Eddy Grant. Following the major success of the previous Killer on the Rampage, this album takes a similar approach but was not as successful. It featured the U.S. hit "Romancing the Stone", as well as the singles "Till I Can't Take Love No More" and "Boys in the Street". "Romancing the Stone" was intended for the 1984 feature film of the same name, in fact was announced by Casey Kasem on the 30 June 1984 edition of American Top 40 as the title song to the movie, but ultimately was used only briefly, though clips from the film appeared in at least one official music video for the song, and the song is mentioned in the film's closing credits.
McKeon began his career at First Boston Corporation in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group, later becoming a director. A review of Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming Eighties to a Crashing Halt. John Rothchild. New York: Simon & Schuster In the 1980s, First Boston's merger and acquisition team was led by Wall Street legends, investment banker Bruce Wasserstein and financier Joseph R. Perella, who orchestrated transactions such as the leveraged buyout of Federated Stores, earning First Boston $200 million in fees. In a New York Times 2007 article, Parella was described as "one of the financial industry’s sharpest recruiters" and Wasserstein was described as the biggest star of the dealmakers in the 1980s Mergers and acquisitions (M&A;) boom in The Wall Street Journal.
The bankruptcy barrel has been used for other meanings such as the January 1989 edition of Esquire magazine which featured Robin Givens on the cover wearing the barrel in a somewhat seductive manner, showing her cleavage partially covered by the barrel and commenting that she was aiming at either going for broke or ending up a millionaire. It was also used in a 1999 Wendy's commercial referring to the dot com bubble where a destitute dot com magnate is left only with a barrel but can still afford a discounted Wendy's hamburger. However, Wendy's founder Dave Thomas (out of desire not to see him remove the barrel to fish for change) offers to pay for the man's meal. However, the use of a barrel as clothing for comedic effect (rather than to necessarily show penury) goes back further; the hapless character is reduced to wearing a barrel for modesty because his clothes have been stolen or some other putatively amusing circumstance has arisen.
He also had starring roles in Major Dad and Promised Land, and a recurring role on Designing Women. McRaney portrayed business mogul Adam Brock in the last eight episodes of Darren Star's primetime soap opera Central Park West (or CPW), which ran on CBS in 1995-96. He later appeared as General Alan Adamle in two episodes of the NBC drama The West Wing; played a prominent role in the third season of the HBO television series Deadwood, as famed gold prospector George Hearst; and starred in the CBS postapocalyptic series Jericho as Johnston Green. Additionally, he has acted in many television films, such as: Not Our Son (1995), Going for Broke (2003), Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004), as General George S. Patton, and One Tree Hill as Dan's father. He also starred in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (episode 9.24 "All In") and Diagnosis: Murder (episode 1.13 "Lily") as Det.
When White Weld stepped out, Credit Suisse had unsuccessfully approached Dillon Read, The Spectacular rise and fall of CSFB, by Ian Kerr (Financial News Online - 11 July 2005) (registration required) which a couple decades later was acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation, to form the core of that firm's U.S. investment banking business. Swiss Bank Corporation itself subsequently merged with Credit Suisse archrival Union Bank of Switzerland to form UBS AG. First Boston sat at the top of merger and acquisition league tables in the 1980s, thanks to the team led by Bruce Wasserstein and Joe Perella, which orchestrated such transactions as the leveraged buyout of Federated Stores, which earned First Boston $200 million in fees, A review of Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming Eighties to a Crashing Halt. John Rothchild. New York: Simon & Schuster and Texaco’s hostile takeover of Getty Oil. A 1985 Fortune Magazine article called First Boston “the archetypal deal factory”, a year in which it did $60 billion in M&A; deals placing it second after Goldman Sachs.
2 in both the UK and the US. He also began producing and promoting local artists such as David Rudder, Mighty Gabby, Tamu Hibbert, and Grynner. A lean period followed; his 1984 theme song for Romancing the Stone was cut from the film and stalled outside the UK top 50 when released as a single, although it fared better in the US. His albums Going for Broke (1984), Born Tuff (1987), and File Under Rock (1988) failed to chart and produced no further hit singles. Grant returned to the charts in 1988 with the anti-apartheid single "Gimme Hope Jo'anna", a no. 7 hit in the UK. The song was banned by the South African government.Perry, Andrew (2008) "How Eddy Grant gave hope to South Africa", The Daily Telegraph, 27 June 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2016 In the late 1980s he pursued other business interests including music publishing and a nightclub, and built up the success of his Blue Wave studio, which was used by the Rolling Stones, Sting, Cliff Richard, and Elvis Costello. Grant continued releasing albums in the 1990s, including Barefoot Soldier (1990), Paintings of the Soul (1992), Soca Baptism (1993), and Hearts and Diamonds (1999). In 1994 he introduced a new genre, ringbang, at the Barbados Crop Over festival.

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