Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most ironic fate of all befell Brillo-bearded Jerry Rubin, 30, a former Berkeley free-speecher and now a yippie leader. To protect himself from police strong-arm tactics, Rubin hired a husky, sledge-fisted Chicagoan known as "Big Bob Lavin," whose beard and bellicosity were matched by his ability at bottle-throwing in confrontations with the cops. Big Bob was gassed by the police, fought them valiantly, but was finally clubbed into submission-carrying with him into jail Rubin's tactical diary. Only then was it revealed that Big Bob was really an undercover cop, Robert Pierson...
...Ambassador John Gordon Mein had just left his residence in the suburbs of Guatemala City after a luncheon honoring a visiting State Department specialist in Central American affairs. He was alone in the rear seat of his chauffeured Cadillac as the big sedan moved north along Avenida la Reforma. A small green Toyota suddenly pulled in front and forced Mein's car to the curb. A red Buick darted up to block the embassy car from behind. Two men in green fatigues got out of the Toyota and ordered Mein from his car at the point of a submachine...
Times have changed. Last month A.F.L. teams whipped their N.F.L. big brothers in ten of the first 16 interleague contests. The Miami Dolphins, for two seasons the doormats of the A.F.L., rolled over the Philadelphia Eagles 23-7, as Rookie Fullback Larry Csonka ground out 90 yds. and two touchdowns. The Buffalo Bills used rookies liberally as they defeated the Detroit Lions 13-9, while the Houston Oilers stopped the Washington Redskins 9-3. Kansas City beat both the St. Louis Cardinals and the resurgent Minnesota Vikings by scores of 13-10. Even the Cincinnati Bengals, a first-year expansion...
...commission ordered public hearings into charges that Merrill Lynch illegally fed corporate secrets to 15 of its largest customers-even while withholding the same information from thousands of little investors. The tipoffs, according to the SEC staff, led the 15 big outfits to unload shares of Douglas Aircraft Co. stock just before it plunged in value during June 1966. At the same time, said the SEC, Merrill Lynch kept on buying Douglas stock for less favored customers without telling them it had inside knowledge that Douglas' earnings were falling sharply...
That charge struck at the heart of the brokerage firm's cherished reputation for encouraging and instructing small investors. In essence, it accused Merrill Lynch of doing the very opposite: favoring big institutions at the expense of the rank and file...