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In a similarly historic settling of accounts, Dodd-Frank hammered what Franklin Roosevelt in a previous economic downturn called "the Ishmael and the Insull, whose hand is against every man's."
America's Dog Days Daniel Henninger 2011
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Judges are on the take, cops beat up unionists, the utilities and railroad magnate Samuel Insull perhaps the biggest crook of all.
Destiny's Children Joseph Epstein 2012
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What we have, since WWII, has been crony capitalism on the model of Sam Insull.
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Englishman Samuel Insull was not even given time to unpack his bags before undergoing his customized examination.
The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010
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Seeing a chance to gain valuable knowledge and experience, Insull volunteered.
The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010
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What about today's business heirs to Mellon, Whitney and Insull?
Paul A. London: Unemployment and Economic History Paul A. London 2010
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You want to know some trivia: The accounting firm Arthur Andersen was involved with both Insull and Enron.
The Burning Wire Jeffery Deaver 2010
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The fifty-nine-year-old Ickes, a newspaperman turned lawyer and progressive political activist, had made his name crusading against the Chicago utility baron Samuel Insull, whom he fought, as Time magazine observed, “bravely but utterly without result for 25 years.”
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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Despite his exhaustion and surprise, Insull rose to the challenge.
The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010
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As we traveled around the world conducting interviews for this book, we met a variety of teams that, like Insull, were paying the price to increase their worth to each other.
The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010
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