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...diabetes and arthritis, took a job as a bookkeeper to help pay the bills. Volcker's son James now works for a bank in New York City, and his daughter Janice, who lives in Virginia, is a nurse. In a recent interview in the Washingtonian magazine, Volcker admitted, "It ain't quite fair to leave a family sitting out there ((when)) you obviously have the possibility of assuring a little more comfort than I have done so far." One sign that Volcker was ready to make major changes in his life-style came March 18: he gave up his trademark...
When Baker mutters, "This dog won't hunt," the old hands around him know that is the end of an idea. His other favorite phrase, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," is equally unspectacular but equally meaningful for the Baker crew. It means stop right there, we don't want any more needless work...
...city's official greeter, while saturnine Robert Moses, the master builder, was sundering neighborhoods in the name of progress. The cafe-society swells watered at El Morocco or the Stork Club, and the punters headed for Toots Shor's, mindful of the proprietor's dictum that "a bum who ain't drunk by midnight ain't trying." It was, in short, a wonderful town...
...know ever since Mayor Flynn started talkin' about finin' the players for fightin', it just ain't been the same out there...
Dennis was convinced: "I don't know why he's worrying about this. It sure ain't like we don't have enough real problems in the city. Why doesn't he do anything about the violence in my neighborhood? It's a hell of a lot worse than anything out there. Where's the Mayor when ya need...