1. That explains why thrifts continued to buy mortgage bonds even as they sold their loans.

2. The thrifts, many of which were forced into insolvency, say the change violated contractual promises that federal thrift regulators.

3. The thrifts, many of which were forced into insolvency, say the change violated contractual promises that federal thrift regulators. Sentencedict.com

4. A new accounting standard allowed the thrifts to amortize the losses over the life of the loans.

5. Each year four salesmen who sold bonds to Texas thrifts performed a skit before the Salomon training class.

6. Forbes’ 12th annual look at America’s Best Banks ranks the 100 largest publicly-traded Banks and thrifts based on their growth, credit quality and profitability.

7. The glum symptoms range from junk-bond distress to the destruction of wealth caused by falling property values and the thrifts debacle.