Word: fasters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...anyone can still be described as courtly, "C.D." could. A smiling charm seemed to descend from his tall figure in any setting. He had a reputation of being able to get into a white tie faster than anyone, and he was as relaxed at a reception as he was at the controls of a plane-he took up flying in his middle years. One of his great loves was music, and for close friends C. D. and his wife Gracie would play piano duos in their New York apartment. The Boston Symphony, on whose board he served, sent its string...
...good, clever-and lucky. He never bothered to arrest small-timers, passed out candy to the kids, found jobs for dozens of ex-cons, personally sent food and clothing to mothers widowed by killers he had not caught up with in time. He could draw his .45 faster than any thug, could shoot so straight that crooks often surrendered when they heard he was after them. Bullets missed him so often that it seemed they would never learn the way. He once climbed unscathed up a hill through a hail of slugs to collar two pistol-happy punks, another time...
Contact Man. Sindona is now president of seven companies, vice president of three and a director of twelve others. Along with protecting him against the winds of misfortune at home, his international complex has another purpose. Sindona is a dedicated free trader, believes businessmen can achieve tariff reductions faster than diplomats. "When enough European companies have interests in the U.S. and enough American companies have interests in firms in Europe," he says, "nobody will want to keep trade barriers up." To speed their fall, Sindona volunteers his services as a contact man and consultant without fee whenever he notices Italian...
...Angeles, Barry advanced a proposal that made headlines all over the U.S.-an automatic 5% cut in in come-tax payments each year for five years. "As our economy grows," said Goldwater, "the amount of taxes collected by the Government has grown even faster." The added money could be used to pay off debts, he added, but instead, "new schemes have been dreamed up to spend the increase." Barry admitted that he voted against a more modest tax cut only six months ago, but he explained that he had done so only because it was a "politically motivated" gimmick designed...
...higher. The U.S. has more radios than people-214 million-and the number is expanding by well over 10% a year. These figures make sweet music not only for the nation's radio manufacturers, but also for its 3,000 station owners, whose investments are increasing in value faster than the blue chips. Last week, in one of the largest deals in the industry's 44-year history, Manhattan's Capital Cities Broadcasting Corp. paid $15 million to Detroit's Goodwill Stations for WJR Radio in Detroit (current value: $8,000,000) and WSAZ Radio...