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...residents is being so scandalously shortchanged that he is threatening not to accept the money. Big cities and generally poorer small communities and Southern states will get proportionally more than well-heeled towns and suburbs. Yet a part of the formula that would have provided hard-pressed cities with bonus money was knocked out by rural Congressmen...
...studies for the pursuit of pigskin and other cutaneous diversions. In setting a career for himself as a professional quarterback, Joe snubbed the St. Louis Cardinals of the older National Football League in favor of the New York Jets of the lowly American Football League-for a record bonus...
Sonny Werblin, the Jets' high-rolling owner, got Joe with what was until then the biggest salary-cum-bonus offer ever given to a football rookie. Namath quickly won the starting assignment from Regular Mike Taliaferro and the man who had beaten him for the Heisman Trophy, Notre Dame's John Huarte. Before Joe, the Jets might as well have been the Pottstown Firebirds for all anyone cared about them; their only fans were grumpy football buffs who could not afford to pay scalpers' prices for scarce New York Giant tickets. Werblin knew what he was about...
...other citizen. The help of the specialized art dealer did not enter the scene until the 16th century, and to this day, the artist is a ill struggling to beat the economic system. Unlike the writer who is granted royalties for his efforts, there is no commercial bonus for the fine artist. Teaching has been one of his few outlets, but this vocation has left little time for artistic creation...
Less Clout. As a slight concession to the big states, the conservatives agreed to give a bonus delegate for each Republican Governor or Senator elected as well as another delegate if at least one-half of the state's congressional delegation is Republican. While the big states are unreliably Republican in presidential elections, they consistently put Republicans in lesser offices...