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Hugh McColl is what southerners call "a firecracker of a man." He is a tiny stick of dynamite: 5 ft. 6 3/4 in. tall, with a big mouth and a short fuse. Once, deep into a negotiation to grab a billion-dollar bank, he waited for words until an idea materialized somewhere out of that Marine Corps (1957-59) mind, and he unloaded over the phone at the poor gentleman on the other end: "My board is meeting, and we've gone too far. I've got to launch my missiles!" (The not-so-gentlemanly reply, reported later...
...about the complex financial dynamics underlying the transaction. Cash--especially U.S. dollars--is also portable, storable and exchangeable. (Just ask the thousands of Russian mafiosi who pay for nearly everything with crisp $100 bills.) And it holds up pretty well. If you're afraid of banks, you can still grab a coffee can, dig a hole in the backyard and have a pretty secure deposit. But paper cash does have some awful drawbacks. Lose it and it's gone; sit on it and it may lose its value overnight: think about what just happened in Asia, or earlier in South...
...anything this overheated issue does not need, it's more touchy-feely rhetoric and posturing from Washington. There are no subjects that we debate more incessantly--and pointlessly--than race relations, unless it's sports and politics. Toss the three together on cable TV in an attempt to grab a big audience of sports-addicted males, and the result can be vacuity on an Olympian scale...
...happen to be at the MAC the nexttime Allison Feaster heads down there to play apick-up game, you may want to grab a spot on herteam. After all, she's definitely got next.CrimsonHenry G. WeiREADY FOR THE BIG TIME: Aftercollege, senior ALLISON FEASTER will be doing whatmany only dream about--playing professionalbasketball...
Under the new plan, upperclassmen who are unable to return to their houses during the day for lunch will be able to select a sandwich, drink, fruit, cookies and chips from the Grab and Go station in the Yard, which will most likely be found in Loker Commons. The Task Force hopes that this plan will alleviate one of the most common complaints among upperclassmen, especially those living in the Quad: that they pay for the 21 meal plan, but are never able to get lunch without paying extra...