Word: maneuverer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Left Turns. Early Bird is a miracle of delicate electronics and advanced space-craftsmanship. The first problem was how to get it into an equatorial orbit from Cape Kennedy. If the cape were on the equator, Early Bird's rocket would have been asked only to carry it to...
Don't try to get into Greece's Kavouri hotel for a while. The beach resort south of Athens has turned over all but twelve of its 72 rooms to Saudi Arabia's ex-King Saud and retinue, who spend $33,333 a day. Six of Saud...
*"The Murphy game" is underworld argot for a slick maneuver in which a victim puts his cash in an envelope and gives it to the con man, who makes a fast sleight-of-hand switch and hands back an identical envelope stuffed with newspaper strips. It was named after an...
By a short 30 minutes, the Justice Department failed in 1961 in its bid to block a merger between New York's Manufacturers Trust Co. and the Hanover Bank. Aware that Justice viewed the merger as a violation of the antitrust laws, the banks speeded up their negotiations, legally...
Dividing an Omelet. Still angry over the 1961 maneuver, the Justice Department is not in a compromising mood, intends to press for a split-up. "Some persons seem to feel that you can't unscramble an omelet," says William H. Orrick Jr., head of Justice's antitrust division...