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...several generations of sons on the path of righteousness. But as the last of the "Black Sox" died, the story dropped out of common consciousness. Now it is near impossible to find anyone under 40 who has heard of the Black Sox, let alone been moved by their tale. Grander thefts, bigger (and more successful) crooks, preoccupy our imaginations today...
...Teddy Roosevelt yearning to go West and do something physical. Bush presented the matter to himself less as an opportunity than an ordeal -- he thought first of farming, and only then of physical work in oil fields. It was a way of continuing the effete cure on a grander scale; the ironic thing in Bush's case is that the cure would just confirm, in some people's eyes, the ailment. Luckily, Bush had enough money to indulge his urge, under the pretext that it was done in order to make money. How little that motive was actually at work...
Working on a grander scale, according to federal indictments, were the 111 defendants who have been charged with floating more than $500 million in bogus loans for a partly completed condominium development ten miles northeast of Dallas, alongside Interstate 30. One prominent S and L owner named in the case was Welba Lee Keetch, 52, a 300-lb. Texan known as Bubba. Authorities say Keetch and two colleagues kept $12.9 million from loans made by First Savings and Loan Association of Burkburnett, which Keetch controlled...
...plans are even grander at Disney World, where the company owns 47 sq. mi. of land. Earthmovers are clearing the way for Typhoon Lagoon, a 50-acre water park where visitors will be able to slide down a 95-ft. mountain, surf on 6-ft. waves and snorkel in pools filled with tropical fish. Opening this fall is the Pleasure Island night-life park, complete with rollerdrome, comedy warehouse, teen video club and jazz saloon. Eisner hopes customers will not remember too well the Pinocchio story, in which visitors to a place called Pleasure Island were turned into donkeys...
...caught the eye and ear of the White House. President Reagan has commended Clark as an exemplar of the tough leadership needed in urban schools. In the wake of the board battle, U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett telephoned to urge Clark to "hang in there." In an even grander gesture of support, Gary Bauer, a former Bennett aide now serving as White House Policy Development Director, offered Eastside's chief a White House post as policy adviser. (Clark turned him down.) Tough leaders like Clark have an important place in the nation's schools, Bennett told the press...