John Elway also held further leverage, having been drafted the year before by the New York Yankees as an outfielder.
But throughout history, loose monetary conditions have fuelled the cycle: cheap money encourages leverage which boosts asset prices, which in turn encourage further leverage.
"There's a new focus on gifting, on companies coming out with new distinctive boxes, to further leverage the brand names," Mr. Beder said.
The city gave itself further leverage five years ago with provisions that allow owners to add kiosks or fences in exchange for improving their plazas.
Mr. Lee is trying to persuade Parliament to ratify the free trade deal before its term ends in late May, hoping that ratification would give President Bush further leverage to press Congress for its approval.
The Swiss bank also believes the deal will offer cross-selling opportunities thanks to a US service centre network, and will provide further leverage into the US onshore market.
After being forced into the cash call by the Bank of England, Jenkins said the bank was continuing to "reassess the balance sheet for further leverage reduction opportunities consistent with preserving our strong franchises, supporting lending to the UK economy".
That leak, and the admirable efforts of freedom of information campaigner Heather Brooke to force parliament to release MPs' expenses, gave me further leverage in making my request to all local MPs.
"We will be rolling out other strategic initiatives designed to further leverage The Times brand and newsroom to create new products and services for a wider range of customers, domestically and around the globe".
"When it comes to losing client data, there are multiple organisations which have lost unencrypted information assets relating to client accounts, which have never been made public or reported, providing rich pickings for the cyber criminals to further leverage and exploit to their end gain".
