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...mood. Aide Tom Stephens flashed the word all through the White House to beware. GQ's Haber insists that Kennedy's fondness for a two-button coat began a trend that drove three-button models out of the market. Kennedy also put the last nail in the coffin of the men's hat industry. He was proud of his bushy hair and refused to wear a hat, despite the pleadings of the industry. Gerald Ford's too-short striped pants worn for a Tokyo reception obliterated the news of the trade talks...
Bankers and brokers spent much of last week trying to nail down how Drysdale pulled off its caper. Though the nearly four-month-old company employed about 30 securities traders and operated with little more than $20 million in capital of its own, it had managed to put together a $6.5 billion portfolio of U.S. Government bonds, bills and notes. More than $4 billion of that was borrowed. Said a top Wall Street bond trader of the bewilderingly complex financial structure of the upstart firm's activities: "It was the most astonishingly leveraged operation that I have ever seen...
...made and, with the added distinctive details provided by the individual way a tire tread wears down, McDonald has helped solve six murders. In one case, McDonald was first able to show that the car of a suspect in custody did not have the right tires; he then helped nail the actual killers...
...NAIL that sticks up," a Japanese saying warns, "will be hammered down." Robert E. White, former United States Ambassador to EI Salvador, learned that lesson well last January. White told reporters that the Salvadoran government, contrary to its official declarations, had failed to conduct a "serious investigation" into the horrifying murders of four American missionaries. After publicly speaking out against additional U.S. military aid to EI Salvador, White was immediately relieved of his post by the Reagan Administration. To add insult to injury, after testifying candidly before a House subcommittee. White was "retired" from the Foreign Service at the request...
Harvard's depth proved the deciding factor, however. Relying on the experience of their veterans, the racquet women swept the remaining matches without surrendering a game to nail down...