Word: bankrupts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thoughtful people, the first term in any major premise is not the government's wishes. I get a lot of silly arguments from people who say the laws come first, and your morality sort of works itself out in between them. That's a morally bankrupt position...
However, the bill does keep the SACB alive until the day when public opinion, stirred by continued Vietnam war protests and Negro violence, might tolerate the prosecution of "subversives." Although organizations could fight the SACB in court, such legal action requires much time and money. Many groups went bankrupt fighting the strictures of the 1950 Internal Security Act. And if Ramsey Clark has to report to Congress, he may be pressured to work with the SACB. Senator Dirksen has said that he will make sure the Attorney General carries out the provisions...
While they were still going strong, newsreels put many an unforgettable moment on film. During the 1929 crash, a bankrupt broker was shown plunging to his death from a Manhattan office building. Newsreel cameras recorded the assassination of Yugoslavia's King Alexander in Marseille in 1934, as well as the death of the assassin at the hands of a mob. The Normandy invasion was photographed in all its awesome spectacle and desperate tension. And then there was that time a newsreel man confronted John D. Rockefeller Sr. "Say something," said the newsman, grinding away. Said Rockefeller: "God bless Standard...
...they were there to stay-together with a dozen impressionists and postimpressionists that, in the eyes of some collectors, are even more valuable. Unfortunately, last spring a plane belonging to a charter airline controlled by Peter Staechelin crashed, claiming 126 lives. As a result of lawsuits, the airline went bankrupt. To raise funds, Peter Staechelin persuaded the foundation, of which he was a principal officer, to put the two Picassos up for sale...
...required mark, but a number of staid Swiss violently dissented. Some felt that the city's funds would be better used for hospitals and schools, while others simply disliked Staechelin (many a Easier had owned stock in the airline, and many others lost their jobs when it went bankrupt). The anti-Picasso faction drummed up enough signatures on a petition to force a referendum. After a spirited campaign, the city opted last week to buy the Picassos by a vote of 32,118 to 27,190. With the money assured, the city government cannily required the foundation, as part...