In 1936, Franklin D. Roosevelt was denounced as a socialist, much as Mr. Obama has been this year, by Wall Streeters whose banks had been saved largely by government actions.
They have seen their political clout shrink and are saved largely by the belief of advertisers that the elite consumers of the English news channels have considerable purchasing power.
In 1994, as genocidal violence swept Rwanda, the four-star hotel became a sanctuary for 700 Tutsis whose lives were saved largely by the guile of the manager, Paul Rusesabagina.
But in a complex deal between the government, the Pension Protection Fund PPFF) and two sets of administrators, some 2,000 jobs have been saved, largely at two of the mining group's three deep pits.
The firm was saved, but largely through a fire sale of assets.
Times Square, and Forty-second Street, was saved by government decisions, made largely on civic grounds.
The supernatant was saved.
In the '80s and '90s, there was some rebounding, with hits like Annie, Purple Rain, and Little Shop of Horrors, but even some of these hits saw less-than-stellar box office performances, largely being saved by the VHS/Beta tape industry.
