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Sadat (laughing): Gentlemen, we have to start somewhere. I am ready to be honest and keep those detailed ideas to myself and not use them in future negotiations. But honestly, I would like to hear your points of view...
...exploiter of black miners in South Africa? The prices for those diamond rings no doubt bring the firm quite tidy profits (probably larger than the ad brought you). And, no doubt, the company would like to continue making those profits and exploiting those miners. You're helping. Ladies and gentlemen of The Crimson, I think that's called hypocrisy. H.T. Werbie...
Walter Michael Palmers, an Austrian tycoon who was kidnaped and ransomed for $2 million, upon returning home to a crush of reporters: "Gentlemen, I am one hundred hours late for dinner. Now I must first make my excuses to my wife. You will understand that this may take some time...
...PROGRESSIVE ERA in the United States was marked by a proliferation of gentlemen who made their fortunes dealing in commodities. Combining speculative acumen and luck, such celebrated tycoons as Jay Gould and John Astor made millions. These men stood out not only for their propensity to convert their wealth into meretricious symbols like mansions and Rolls-Royces, but also for the ethos they exemplified. The Goulds and Astors represented a conspicuous clan of moneyed men who spouted the ideals of voluptuous womanhood, the omnipotent buck, and masculine supremacy. Eve Merriam's play, The Club, depicts one evening in the lives...
...into a multimillion-dollar attraction; of a ruptured artery; in Indianapolis. In 1945 Hulman bought the speedway-which had been closed during the war years-from Eddie Rickenbacker for $750,000. He revived the "500" and refashioned a folk festival where thousands gathered every year and heard him say, "Gentlemen, start your engines...