Word: bonde
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...second major disappointment for this seaside resort in just a year. Once again Newport was witness to a finale that did not come close to living up to its advance billing. The challenge for the prestigious America's Cup by the highly-touted syndicate of controversial Australian Alan Bond proved to be about as well-produced as the Newport-filmed "Great Gatsby" which flopped a month before...
...showdown worthy of "High Noon," with Bond's 12-meter yacht Southern Cross rated as the best shot in the history of the event to wrest the awkward Silver trophy from its secure position in the headquarters of the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan. Twenty-one other challengers had tried before to take the cup home, but none had succeeded. THIS, the pundits predicted, was to be the year that the United States could lose, and the Cross would be the boat...
...Yeah," he replied somewhat calmly, "and we took it and shoved it right up Alan Bond's ass where it belongs...
...press, the people and local politicians idolized Moses. It was not until 1945, after he left office, that Mayor La Guardia remarked on how much dangerous power Moses had acquired. He pointed out the vehicle too: appointive office in quasi-public institutions that were financed by bond issues and administered under special charters, beyond the reach of elected officials or the public. Moses' Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority was the mightiest. After all, "the best bill drafter in Albany" had rewritten the charter-and on his own behalf. Like most such authorities, Triborough was closed to public scrutiny. Unlike...
Bankers wanted to invest in Triborough's low-risk bonds or underwrite new bond issues for a quick profit. Moses could help. He could grant premiums to insurance companies, contracts to architects and builders, fees to lawyers. But in return he wanted total support, and he exacted it from all his petitioners...