Word: favors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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During the summer, however, this sheet, which has spent 85 years satisfying those in Cambridge who eat breakfast, retires in favor of a journal known as the Harvard Summer News, called by those who love it Cambridge's Only Breakfast-Table Weekly...
...again. A sharper emphasis flattened the odd musical, soothing quality, and his chin edged forward a fraction. "Did Bernard Goldfine benefit in any way in his relations with any branch of the Federal Government because he was a friend of Sherman Adams? Did Sherman Adams seek to secure any favor or benefits for Bernard Goldfine because of his friendship? The answer to both questions is no . . . I have never permitted any personal relationship to affect in any way any actions of mine in matters relating to the conduct of my office. If . . . I have in any way so conducted myself...
...mine. This gift was an expression of friendship and nothing more. There is absolutely no connection between this gift and any assistance I have given these friends. At no time have I taken action as a member of the White House staff in exchange for a gift or other favor...
...Post. Goldfine's simple effort: he extended a $400,000 line of credit to the paper's owner, capricious Boy Wonder John Fox, on condition that the Post make a last-minute switch to support Dever. (It did, but Dever lost anyway.) "I regarded it as a favor to the Governor." says Goldfine. "How could it be any other way? I gave...
...Spartan scorn for the good life. Last week he returned from a vacation cruise aboard the yacht of a wealthy friend. Was he by any chance accepting a questionable favor? "Only demagogues," snaps Muñoz, "cannot afford to be seen anywhere except drinking bad gin with a man who has no shoes on." He has a mighty temper and lusty tastes. There is only one liquor he is cool toward -much to the distress of the promoters of Puerto Rico's excellent rums. After chain-smoking most of his life, he gave it up nine years...