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Apart from his boundless appetite for risk, his main strength was his sense of timing: he sold most of his assets shortly before the 1987 stockmarket crash.
ECONOMIST: Jimmy Goldsmith
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Ireland's forwards are again their main strength, but their are some rays of hope in their weak backline of recent years with the inclusion of centre Brian O'Driscoll and scrum-half Tom Tierney.
BBC: News Online
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His main characters include G, the strength of gravity, h, Planck's constant, which governs the quantum nature of reality at small scales, e, the charge of the electron, and c, the speed of light itself.
ECONOMIST: Modern physics
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One of the main flaws in the current system involves strength-of-field ratings used to determine how many points players earn for good performance.
WSJ: Why Scientists Love to Study Golf
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"The Interpreter"'s greatest strength lies in its two main characters.
WSJ: Beyond Words
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One of the main headaches for Japan in past years has been the strength of the yen.
BBC: Japan agrees 2% inflation target and asset purchases
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So far the main thing sparing Coke from a true debacle is the strength of the brand itself.
FORBES: The Red Empire
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MORI, a polling organisation, the strength of the economy is one of the main reasons for Labour's continuing lead in the polls.
ECONOMIST: Gordon Brown made the best of a difficult business
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He has several pieces of advice for those wanting to embark on a detox, the main being that you should detox from a position of strength and vitality when you are feeling strong and committed.
CNN: Dare to detox
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The main points of contention are: There is no weighting for strength of opposition.
BBC: Test cricket's glittering prize
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But the main problem for the Mitsubishi group is, perversely, the strength of its financial companies.
ECONOMIST: Mitsubishi
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Its director, Lev Sandakhchiev, says his main worry is therefore not Vektor's survival but preserving its strength in basic science.
ECONOMIST: The diamonds in the rubble
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The bad news for Mr Serra is the continuing strength of Roseana Sarney of the conservative Liberal Front, another of the main parties in Mr Cardoso's broad coalition.
ECONOMIST: Politics in Brazil