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...Southwest Bank is headed by Colonel Isaac ("Zack") Long, 82, who says: "Our motto is first down and last up." Long earned his honorary officer's title while president of the St. Louis police board. He has presided over the bank's decisions since 1953, when a group of businessmen he headed bought a majority of Southwest's stock. The other big event that year was the death of two robbers in a gun battle during an attempted holdup of the bank. The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery, a 1959 movie about the incident, starred Steve McQueen...
...whole motto was unity in all phases of life," Scheper adds. Which translates into housework for Paul, and a lot of football games to go to for Gigi. But that's okay, because she loves football...
Harvard Band, Treas Intramural Sports J.V. Baseball South House Committee Motto--in Vino Veritas...
...Winning would give my career a vital boost" seems to have been the motto which determined his entire course of action. It is hardly surprising that his alma mater, the Met, should decide not to display this disciple of Machiavelli's book in its shop. Persistence and ruthlessness marked him from the beginning as the epitome of the successful collector and curator. Despite the excitement and acventure of the contest for the cross, the value of King of the Confessors lies in the questions it raises about the acquisition process. Hoving has written a more provocative book than he intended...
...correction?" Added Boston Globe Editorial Page Editor Martin Nolan, "There are two rules in writing editorials: 1) be clear; 2) have a point. This editorial satisfies neither rule." The unkindest cut came from former White House Spokesman Jody Powell, who suggested that the Post should change its editorial page motto from ''An Independent Newspaper" to "Caveat emptor "(Let the buyer beware...