Word: givens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...court's decision still holds some dangers for Kennedy. Privacy, similar to that of a grand jury proceeding, could, of course, protect Kennedy's interests if Dinis does later press for prosecution. Theoretically, Kennedy at least will be spared an indictment by headline. Given the degree of interest in the case, however, leaks, rumors and speculation are bound to spring from the inquest. These could result in gross distortions or wild theorizing. The shortage of hard facts and the oversupply of half answers since Mary Jo Kopechne died have all along been most damaging to Kennedy...
...float, which now bulges to $750 million, gave Amexco experience that would be useful in running other financial services. Clark also saw that the immediate recognition Amexco's name had won from tourists would help sell many more services to them. By last year, his diversification had given Amexco so many sources of income that its revenues soared to more than $1 billion and its profits to $64 million...
...Amexco had recently acquired. Amexco has become a force in the mutual-fund business. Last year it took over the Commonwealth Group of four funds, and this spring it started two more, including an "offshore" fund for foreigners. The acquisition of W. H. Morton & Co. and Equitable Securities has given Amexco a strong position in stock and bond underwriting. The company is a major factor in international currency transactions. Every working day the American Express International Banking Corp. buys and sells $100 million in foreign currencies for corporations and individual customers...
...million to settle creditors' claims, half immediately, the rest in annual installments of $5,000,000 each year through 1973. The payments do not reduce Amexco's current reported profits because they are charged against earnings retained from prior years, and the company's growth has given it enough earnings to provide cash for new adventures...
...situation in which violence is used, almost always innocent people are hurt. Even assuming that a guilty person is occasionally given his just deserts, is it worth the cost to innocent people? The same principle should apply here as in law. Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence has always assumed a man is innocent until proven guilty. This assumption exists to protect the innocent. If an occasional guilty person goes free hereby, it is better than having innocent people adjudged guilty...