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COMMODITIES. Last year the hottest items were soybeans and wheat; this year the fastest action is in sugar and metals. On the Chicago Board of Trade, Dealer Larry Blum says, "silver was going up in a day as much as it ordinarily does in a year." The biggest silver speculator is Dallas Centimillionaire Nelson Bunker Hunt, who has used his petro-wealth to buy millions of dollars worth of future contracts for silver. Unlike most commodities gamblers, Hunt has accepted delivery on some of the metal, which he apparently intends to hoard until the price goes higher...
...heavily Democratic legislature. Bond, now 35, is not only the youngest U.S. Governor but also among the most inexperienced, having won elective office only once before, as state auditor. The salvos came early and fast at the reform-minded Governor, primarily over an issue that is one of the hottest facing state governments. The issue: reorganization of the morass of committees, agencies, boards and departments that set state policy. Bond is streamlining Missouri's government -but not without a fight. As he puts...
...Evans has made himself the hottest reputation in Hollywood by insisting maniacally on the final cut-or editing privilege-on films. He also immerses himself in every decision on casting, musical scoring. There are directors who find his intrusions insupportable, but Francis Ford Coppola, who fought some heroic struggles with him in the course of The Godfather, ended with a genuine respect for him. Coppola lengthened his final version of the picture perilously because Bob thought "all the humanity and warmth had gone out of it." Evans knew what Coppola had sliced from his film because he watches the daily...
...most likely defense tactics apparently will be to seek a change of venue from Washington, where the Watergate controversy is the hottest, and try to have the defendants' cases split off into separate trials. A mass trial affords prosecutors greater opportunity to introduce more evidence affecting each defendant. But the main strategy may be to try to discredit the accusing witnesses, many of whom have admitted their own criminal roles. The defense attorneys may ask: How can anyone believe convicted felons who are making charges against others so that they can get away with the lightest sentences themselves...
...being accused of taking advantage of the oil crisis to force up prices and force out independent competitors. As a result, the majors are being reviled in the press, investigated by European governments, even hauled into court. A roundup of the situation in four countries where the controversy is hottest...