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...weights," he explained. "They weren't heavy enough for me, so I had a guy standing on them. The darned steel cable snapped when the weights were all the way up. They came crashing down on my foot-and drove it into the floor like it was a nail." Whereupon Long warmed up by hurling the shot 65 ft. 3 in. on his first try, then uncorked a toss of 66 ft. 7¼ in. - a full ¾ in. over his own listed world record. But it went for naught: Fresno officials had unaccountably neglected to put a steel...
...nail a violator of these laws requires proof of willfulness. And those who cry "Jump!" might try to plead that it was all a joke. "But this is a serious business," warns a top New York prosecutor, "and the laws are tehre to be used...
Companies buy Government securities in order to put their money to work and nail down safe interest rates; people buy them either to collect the interest or to speculate on the fluctuating prices of bonds, which move around in a range just above or below par value. Another attraction is that low margin requirements permit an investor to buy $100,000 worth of Government securities by putting down as little as $5,000 cash; if the bond's value rises just one-half point, he earns $500. Bond dealers are made or broken by their ability to predict instinctively...
...first vote ended in a 45-45 tie, which meant defeat. To nail it down, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield moved a reconsideration. On that vote, the amendment lost again. Later that night, the Senate debated and defeated, 74 to 19, Kentucky Republican John Sherman Cooper's plan to require juries except in cases where local and state officials are defendants. That left two more jury amendments. One, sponsored jointly by Mansfield and Republican Leader Everett Dirksen, would limit jury trials to violations that carried penalties of more than 30 days in jail and $300 fines. The other, offered...
...most effective prod would be a simple reminder of last year's contest, when the lightly regarded Crusaders fought the Crimson tooth and nail for four full periods before bowing...