Word: bigs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Things are probably not quite that bad; the French have a taste for hyperbole. But the big Bordeaux daily SudOuest found that 66.2% of its readers polled were pessimistic about how France and its people would fare in 1969. Sensing the country's disquiet, De Gaulle conceded to his ministers at a recent Cabinet meeting that "the atmosphere in France is melancholic...
...Big Brother. Regardless, Dell was not taking any chances. In his first year as captain, the 30-year-old lawyer and former Davis Cup player (1961) was determined to restore some semblance of spirit to the team, which in prior years was plagued by dissension and a marked lack of enthusiasm. Acting as a strict but understanding big brother, he succeeded in his aim by imparting, as Ashe describes it, "this special feeling. Having him as captain is like having John Kennedy for President...
...proper job," but that the computer matches should serve to break the ice. "There will be a bed check at 1 a.m.," he says with a wink in his voice, "and if you're caught with anyone in your cabin not on your list, you're in big trouble...
...Frederick S. Mates. His $32 million Mates Investment Fund has risen 153% in per-share asset value since the beginning of 1968, the highest growth rate of any fund. A onetime English teacher who learned how money talks in 13 years as a highly successful market analyst and big-account broker, Mates is truly the personification of self-confidence. On one wall of his office, he keeps a framed parody of an old Wall Street slogan: "Invest, Then Investigate...
...from new money, the lifeblood of any mutual fund, Mates was unusually vulnerable to a crisis. That came two weeks ago, when the SEC halted trading of a lively over-the-counter stock that had been one of Mates' big winners. The SEC cited "possibly misleading" information about the stock-Omega Equities Corp.-which had been bid up from 40? a share in January to $35 in November. It last traded at $25, which means that the 300,000 shares that Mates had bought in July for just under $1,000,000 now account for about...