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...THOSE bona fide type crazies was preaching on the street corner the other day. Four feet tall with a placard. "Listen," he said, "and know that man's powers of dispossession are far greater than his powers of possession." Terrific. "There are a lot of luxury cars out there, but even the wealthiest people can own but a few." This is true. "On the other hand," he said with absolute glee, "It's entirely possible not to own hundreds of thousands of Mercedes...
Business opposition has also been dulled by some special provisions in the law. The statute permits companies to continue forcing retirement at 65 for "bona fide" executives and people in "high policy-making positions," provided they have served in those jobs for at least two years and qualify for pensions and other retirement benefits totaling $27,000 a year.* And most companies will indeed compel executives to retire at 65. Their stated and valid reason is that new blood and new ideas are especially vital at the top. An unspoken but powerful reason is that every board member dreads telling...
There are at least 200 such professional convention consultants in private practice, about an equal number on the staffs of major associations. They will write speeches, build exhibits, put on skits with bona fide Equity actors, order food and drink, bribe hotel employees to be especially solicitous, arrange side-trips for spouses?or all of the above, typically for 10% of the meeting's cost. There are also convention specialists on the staffs of major.hotels who, like their counterparts in municipal convention bureaus, try to sell gregarious groups into meeting chez...
Gregor I. McGregor, attorney for Red Line Alert, told the group, "You are not just the typical citizens who can be counted on in every case to scream. You have a bona fide case if you choose to present it in court...
...John Paul's election proves, prediction is hazardous. During the week, the Cardinals took up a small physical matter that may be significant, a proposal to move the conclave from the uncomfortable Apostolic Palace to more commodious quarters, such as the huge Propaganda Fide College, where missionary priests are trained. Some Cardinals found the palace constricting last time because of discomfort, isolation and the heat. Opponents of the shift pointed out that the stifling August weather is now gone and all the materials are at hand to prepare the familiar quarters. Besides, remarked St. Louis' John Carberry, "some...