But some managers say the easy money has already been made.

But think about what life was like before easy money.

Or perhaps, as one university official said, Lee just wanted "to make what he thought was some easy money."

A lot of people made quick easy money during the War and for several years after.

But to him, it seemed a chance to make some easy money.

"I allowed myself to get taken by this easy money."

There has been a clear shift away from the easy money of the 1980's.

The age of cheap oil and easy money are over.

"My feeling is that the easy money has been made," he said.

And for a time he no doubt thought this was easy money.