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Boesky in a sentence
Using Boesky
- In the example corpus, boesky often appears in combinations such as: ivan boesky.
Context around Boesky
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Boesky
- In this selection, "boesky" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 1964, provided, publicity, took, scandal and embraced stand out and add context to how "boesky" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include avoided publicity boesky embraced it and boesky cooperated with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "boesky" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with boesky
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Unlike other arbitragers who generally avoided publicity, Boesky embraced it. (10 words)
Levine told federal prosecutors he had provided Boesky with nonpublic information about potential deals. (14 words)
Boesky cooperated with the SEC and informed on several others, including junk bond trader Michael Milken. (16 words)
He was a major character in my book “Den of Thieves,” which chronicles the rise and fall of Mr. Milken and his co-conspirator Ivan F. Boesky, the takeover speculator and model for the Gordon Gekko character in the “Wall Street” movies. (42 words)
After his father’s death in 1964, Boesky took over the last remaining Brass Rail bar, which by then featured topless dancers, and re-named it Le Club a-Go-Go, according to a 1993 Vanity Fair article. (38 words)
The Boesky scandal also landed just a few years after Jonathan Pollard, a U.S. Navy analyst, was arrested for spying for Israel. (23 words)
Example sentences (10)
After his father’s death in 1964, Boesky took over the last remaining Brass Rail bar, which by then featured topless dancers, and re-named it Le Club a-Go-Go, according to a 1993 Vanity Fair article.
Levine told federal prosecutors he had provided Boesky with nonpublic information about potential deals.
The Boesky scandal also landed just a few years after Jonathan Pollard, a U.S. Navy analyst, was arrested for spying for Israel.
Unlike other arbitragers who generally avoided publicity, Boesky embraced it.
He was a major character in my book “Den of Thieves,” which chronicles the rise and fall of Mr. Milken and his co-conspirator Ivan F. Boesky, the takeover speculator and model for the Gordon Gekko character in the “Wall Street” movies.
Although insider trading of this kind was illegal, laws prohibiting it were rarely enforced until Boesky was prosecuted.
Boesky cooperated with the SEC and informed on several others, including junk bond trader Michael Milken.
For example, the famous "Greed is good" line was based on a speech by Boesky where he said, "Greed is right".
One charge was that Boesky paid Drexel $5.3 million in 1986 for Milken's share of profits from illegal trading.
Three of them involved dealings with Ivan Boesky to conceal the real owner of a stock.
Common combinations with boesky
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: