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...founding fathers put little faith in the stability of banks. Wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1816: "I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." Andrew Jackson, who never concealed his distrust of powerful moneymen, told a group of them, "You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout...
...from what Ficken, who has amassed a 66-12-9 record at Columbia, says, his squad is well aware of the power the Crimson will tote into the Lions' den...
...Prince as Prince--alias the Kid, a Milwaukee post-adolescent with a decidedly un-Midwestern penchant for the badder things in life. Supposedly modeled after the friends' garage where the young Prince carried on his musical and sexual experiments, the Kid's room looks like Jodie Foster's den in Taxi Driver...
Mondale had some calling to do too. After a supper of cold fried chicken with family and aides, he returned to the den to contact the other candidates he had been considering and tell them he had chosen someone else?without saying whom. Most reacted without surprise. Bradley had so little expectation of getting favorable word, that embarrassed aides had to tell Mondale's assistants that the mayor had gone out on a private matter without bothering to tell them where he could be reached. Mondale did not get hold of him until Thursday morning...
...with a sense of efficiency and space on minimal, close-to-downtown lots, and at a reasonable cost. The typical unit contains a garage, a foyer and a ½-story living room on the first level, a dining balcony and kitchen on the second, and on the third a den, master bedroom and "Hollywood" bathroom-a tripartite affair in which two powder rooms adjoin a common bath. Price of the only unsold unit...