Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When John Connally says that he would not let himself be exploited by Big Business, I believe him. He does not say, however, that he wouldn't let the rest of us be exploited...
...contract mining team. It will take them nearly a month to produce the 2,000 tons of ore needed to yield one 401-oz. bar that is "four nines," or 99.99% pure gold. But they will never see any of it. Even so, says fellow Miner Dan Cooper, a big Dakota farm boy lately turned miner: "People back home are always asking, 'How much did you get?' They think you just pick the stuff up and put it in your pocket...
...aide had a point. No sooner had Senator Edward Kennedy become an all but announced candidate for the Democratic nomination than he began stressing financial prudence and backing away from his image as a big-spending liberal. Jimmy Carter, on the other hand, did not seem at all uncomfortable in his oldtime role as underdog. At his Washington election headquarters, campaign workers sported buttons defiantly proclaiming: WE DID IT BEFORE. WE'LL DO IT AGAIN...
...only so far without alienating people. If spending is too big on domestic programs, you lose. If it's too big in military affairs, you lose. You've got to have a balance...
...Straw allegedly sold paintings that he did not own -and some that did not even exist. He staved off creditors with partial payments and bouncing checks. The case, now being investigated by the FBI, is one of the most sensational scandals ever to hit the secretive world of big-time art collecting...