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Those two developments added a new, sinister, almost police-state dimension to the affair. Meanwhile, the President, who is reported to be "furious" about the whole miserable matter, remained silent...
...index finger. A starburst of fingers summons the crash of the cymbals. Moments of lyrical romance come with the left hand cradled near the heart, the right hand beating coronas of love high above. Passages of staccato brilliance are paced by chopping up and down with both arms. A furious backhand indicates a sforzando attack; a hand moving slowly across his mouth implores the players to give him a soft sound...
...ball down the first base line, but got a late start as he headed for the base. The Holy Cross catcher ran out to field the ball and the two collided. Durso was given the bag on an interference call by the umpire, leaving Crusader coach Jack Whalen furious at the decision...
Almost the only price in the economy that went down last week was the "prime" interest rate that banks charge on loans to the most creditworthy business borrowers. Bowing to furious jawboning by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns, such major banks as Chase Manhattan, Manufacturers Hanover Trust and First Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Co., which had hiked the prime rate two weeks ago, grudgingly pared it by one-fourth of a percentage point to 6½%. But several banks made it clear that they would go back up to 6¾% at the first chance. Burns won his shaky...
...effort to avoid such disasters, venture capitalists do some furious winnowing to keep potential losers out of their portfolios. Business Development Services Inc., a subsidiary of General Electric, has put money into only 16 of the 2,000 firms that have sought its help in the past four years. The most generous venture capitalists aid no more than one of every 30 applicants-and he had better come armed not just with a good idea but a prototype of his product and a detailed survey of the potential market. Even the entrepreneur who passes that test can find that...