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...lovers are saved by the deus ex machina arrival of Beralde (Eric Luftman), Argan's Jock La Lane brother, who forces him to see that his doctors are charlatans, that his wife is a floozy, and that his daughter must marry for love, not his interests. All this is done with the help of a few tricks by Toinette...
...bluff, square-jawed Kattel had been something of a symbol of Atlanta's expansive spirit. A youthful president of the city's Chamber of Commerce, he was hand-picked to head C & S five years ago, when he was only 35, by Mills B. Lane...
...banker. At just about that time, a mood of boundless growth infected Atlanta. Beginning in the late 1960s, the number of apartment building permits swelled 133% in three years; first-class hotel-room space doubled in 18 months; downtown office footage grew 30% in a single year. Lane, now 66 and retired, reflects: "It was a boom city that hadn't felt a recession since the war and thought it never would. And then all of a sudden in 1973 it happened...
Kattel by no means deserves all the blame. The troubles can be traced largely to Lane's overly liberal lending policies. Lane grants the point, conceding that he forgot all the lessons his banker father drummed into his head about the collapse of the Florida real estate boom of the 1920s. But Kattel had made himself vulnerable through overoptimism; he long refused to write down the value of loans in the bank's faltering portfolio. As C & S head, he had developed the boyish habit of sending symbolic bullets to Atlantans who made tough decisions. He dispatched...
...Crimson women established their dominance early in the game as they controlled the boards at both ends, keeping the smaller Bates team from moving into the lane. Sophomore center Leslie Greis led the way for the Harvard attack, pumping in a game-high of 28 points as she continued her streak of high-scoring performances which have helped the women's team over the past few weeks...