Word: firmness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...improve on the dismal G.O.P. performance, Brock hired a firm of black political consultants in Columbus, Ga., promoted the appointment of blacks to organize Southern states for the G.O.P. and visited Georgia and Mississippi to see what else could be done. Last November two top officials of the Mississippi Republican Party created a stir by making an unprecedented appearance at the state's convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "We're not likely to attract a large number of blacks," concedes Kansas Senator (and former G.O.P. chairman) Robert Dole, "but we can attract...
Krim cited a history of friction between the freewheeling movie firm and the textbook-style conglomerate. "This is one business that is really different," he said. Krim and Benjamin, both New York lawyers, acquired the business in 1951 from Charles Chaplin and Mary Pickford, who helped start the firm as a place that would allow independent film makers to work without the restrictions imposed by major studios. Run from a dingy Manhattan headquarters, U.A. has no production facilities, but operates in effect as a banker and distributor for movie people seeking an honest count at the box office and exceptional...
...neighbors, James A. Carr seemed a solid citizen. He was the smooth-talking president of Boston-based Lloyd, Carr & Co., which billed itself as the nation's largest firm in the arcane field of commodity options, and in less than two years had spawned twelve offices, reaching west to San Francisco. He lived in a $200,000 harborside house, drove his wife and three daughters around in a Rolls-Royce, and gave sage interviews to Boston newspapers. Last week he appeared to have also been the author of one of the biggest frauds to surface in years...
...Carr large sums to purchase rights either to buy or sell a "commodity futures contract" maturing at some given date in the future. Trading in U.S. commodity futures options has been banned in America since 1936, but dealers can offer options based on the London market. Carr's firm did this and prospered; it grew to employ 1,000 salesmen, and got the blessings of the Boston Better Business Bureau as well as a Dun & Bradstreet "triple A" credit rating...
According to evidence gathered by officials of several states, the firm used high-pressure telephone sales tactics. During one 30-day period, the Detroit office made more than 50,000 long-distance calls; prospects were harassed with what Noel Fox, a Detroit federal judge, called "unrestrained and unambiguous predictions of certain or enormous profits." Salesmen were driven hard: sometimes, men wearing gorilla and Superman suits pranced around urging them to boost orders...