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Kevin Luke, 16, of London, was hired as a British postal clerk only eight months ago. But like most of his countrymen, he is nevertheless now looking forward to a nearly four-week paid vacation, including a summer holiday he plans to spend in Italy...
...affable man away from the bench, his major interests aside from the law and his family (he has three children) are fishing and the Cincinnati Reds. During the 1973 playoffs between the Reds and the New York Mets, he was hearing arguments at the court and had his clerks slip him inning-by-inning, then batter-by-batter, reports. When Vice President Spiro Agnew's resignation came through during the climactic game, one clerk's note read, "Kranepool flies to left. Agnew resigns...
Last week the booming money-market funds passed yet another milestone: their first reported theft. The FBI alleged that a Brazilian couple, an accounting clerk and her boyfriend, embezzled $1.55 million from the $788 million First Variable Rate Fund for Government Income in Washington by using an almost routine bank fraud scheme. Vera Lucia Campos, 27, and Andre L. Prestes, 26, who were illegal aliens according to the Government, appeared to have planned the ploy carefully...
...legal clerk in the Navy, I saw numerous cases of physical and emotional "retraining" [May 25]. If these so-called dedicated military personnel were sought out and exposed, young men who volunteer to serve their country would not have to be subjected to such lunacy. They're not kidding when they say, "It's not just a job." For some, it's a real nightmare...
Regan's replacement as chairman, Roger Birk, 50, is a former account executive who joined Merrill Lynch's Minneapolis office in 1954-as a clerk. Like his predecessors all the way back to Merrill, Birk is a planner who sees his company becoming even bigger. Says he: "There's not any single firm that's put all the financial services together, including Merrill Lynch. But I think we're going to be the only one that will be able to pull it off." Merrill Lynch's bold bulls seem destined to range ever more...