Amarillo Slim's reputation was tarnished in 2003 when he was accused of touching a granddaughter inappropriately and charged with multiple accounts of indecency to a child, a felony.
The move follows similar purchases of depressed shares in companies including Apple Computer Inc., CompUSA Inc. and OfficeMax Inc. that have given the 59-year-old Mr. Slim a reputation as the Warren Buffett of Latin America.
Very gradually, out of this slim oeuvre, a reputation grew and prizes came.
A sexual assault accuser receives anonymity from the media while the accused has his name and reputation slimed across the press every day.
When certain things or features (e.g., precious stones, reputation, being slim, skin color) are regarded as "beautiful" or "worthy"—i.e., desirable other things will inevitably be deemed "ugly" and "unworthy," with serious social, economic, and political consequences (ch. 3).
Mr. Slim, 59, originally built both his reputation and fortune in turning around sagging retail companies in Mexico.
Canon waited quite a while to get into the mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (MILC) market, biding its time as competitors like Olympus, Panasonic and Sony built up strong reputations for their own small, slim mirrorless designs.
Fight fans fondly remember a time when Toney was younger, slimmer and carried a far more substantial reputation in the sport of boxing.
He secured his reputation decades ago, when he wrote a slim but memorable volume with Douglas Adams ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy") called "The Meaning of Liff".
The Panthéon in Paris has a six-month exhibition to commemorate his exploits as a pioneer pilot, and his reputation as a humanist author of five slim books plus the philosophical-religious message published posthumously as Wisdom Of The Sands.
