Word: ems
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After World War I, men like Jesse Livermore, Arthur W. Cutten and Bernard E. ("Sell 'em Ben") Smith preyed on the public. One bull device was the pools about which Bill Martin spoke: speculators pooled their capital, corporate connections and trading talents, and then quietly bought stock in a company. They artfully pushed up its value, suddenly sold out and let artificial prices plunge. One such pool in Sinclair Consolidated Oil earned $12,618,000 for Harry F. Sinclair and a group of cronies. Another in Radio, as RCA was then known, netted nearly...
...Wallace wouldn't never let 'em get away with this," another bystander said...
...that garbage. He is often at his best when his material is worst-a handy knack for a man who has to come up with 60 laughs a minute. When a gag clunks to the floor, he'll say: "Never buy jokes from people on streets. Give 'em a quarter but never buy a joke from 'em...
...action. Meanwhile, the Wallaces are apparently determined to stage a dramatic happening in Alabama next fall-a confrontation between state and federal forces comparable to Little Rock. George has already declared: "You know what we're goin' to tell them when they ask us to give 'em more in the schools of Alabama this fall? I'll tell you what we'll tell 'em: 'Goddammit...
...Crimson stickmen, who have built a three-game victory skein in the last two weeks, will face a mediocre Eli contingent. On scores with common opponents, the game would have to be rated even, a "pick-em" proposition...