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...wasn't exactly a cold call, in that I had given this outfit my name once upon a time. And the caller wasn't exactly a college kid reading a script; he was a former curator of the Smithsonian. Still, I was getting all set to find some delicate way off the phone ("Oh, gosh, the ambulance is here") when I remembered the Marilyn letter. Forget Abe Lincoln ("Dear Sir: Herewith I send you my autograph, which you request. Yours Truly, A. Lincoln": $5,000). What about Marilyn...
...years," as the front man himself later remembered, "we knocked ourselves out." Cole had begun to sing, he later recalled, "to break the monotony," and by the time they joined Mercer's new label the trio had gone about as far in jazz and show biz as a black outfit could in those days...
Located in Vermont, Stratton has extensive skiing facilities for skiers of all abilities. Stratton is an excellent family ski resort because of its superb ski school that caters to young skiers. The alpine village shopping area is an great place to pick up a new ski outfit or just browse around. If you are into snowboarding, Stratton is the place to be. From the beginner slopes to the half-pipe, Stratton has something for every level of snowboarder. In fact, if you happen to be planning a ski trip for early February, you might consider going to Stratton to visit...
Thirty years ago, when so many of Virginia's whites enlisted in a "massive resistance" movement to oppose desegregation, Wilder maneuvered deftly among pro-integration factions. He served occasionally with a moderate group, switched to a more militant black organization, then back again, flirted with yet a third outfit composed mostly of white business leaders. He made friends in all three groups. In 1969 Wilder ran for the state senate in a special election. Against two white candidates, Wilder captured 18% of the white vote -- enough to make him the state's sole black senator. But the new legislator, liberal...
...items: B.C.C.I.'s habit of doling out what a Bank of America officer described as "special patronage" to "leading political figures in the Middle East." But when Bank of America sold off its stock in B.C.C.I. to I.C.I.C. in 1980, the California bank loaned money to the Cayman Islands outfit to finance the deal. Those loans ultimately enabled Bank of America to earn $32 million on its total B.C.C.I. investment of $5 million...