Word: owners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...before going to OMB. He had borrowed heavily to buy 164,228 shares of that stock in June 1975. He had paid $17.74 per share, or $2.9 million, as part of a move with two partners-Pattillo, a construction company president, and John Stembler, a Georgia movie-theater chain owner-to gain majority control of the bank. Lance's entrepreneurial acumen helped to almost double the bank's assets. However, the prospect of his large block of stock going on sale, plus his own departure and the bank's falling profits, have caused the stock...
...Ford's former campaign manager, said Nixon had "shown a contriteness that I had not expected." To Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Rick Shelby, Nixon was "candid and forthright about the mistakes he obviously made. We saw a side of Nixon we'd never seen before." Norfolk Tavern Owner Foster Strickland summed up the mixed feelings: "If he had a flat tire, I'd stop and help him fix it, but I don't think I would ever vote...
...decided this summer. Overturning an arrangement with Gerald Ford under which the material would have been shipped to Nixon, Congress passed a law declaring it to be Government property. Nixon's legal challenge to this is now before the Supreme Court. Another suit, brought by Warner Communications Inc., owner of several record companies, claims that those tapes played in court are public property and should be made available for copying and commercial sale -raising the prospect of Nixon's Oval Office ramblings vying...
...smoke outside darkens their windows. "You learnt a good deal, Louisa," says Mrs. Gradgrind (Ursula Howells), "-ologies of every kind, -ologies, -ologies, from morning till night, -ologies of every description. But there is something your father missed out, or forgot." It takes Mr. Sleary (Harry Markham), the disreputable owner of a circus, and Sissy (Michelle Dibnah), the daughter of a clown, to explain the lessons of dreams and imagination. Hard Times is the story of Louisa's slow tutelage - against the backdrop of Victorian greed and despair...
...Triple contender is a horse owner's fairy tale, and for the Taylors, Seattle Slew is an unlikely Prince Charming. His breeding was one of a kind, but not really royal. He is the great-grandson of Secretariat's sire, Bold Ruler-a line that shows lots of speed but dubious staying power. Slew was the first foal of his dam, My Charmer; his sire, Bold Reasoning, fell while covering another mare shortly after siring Slew and had to be destroyed. On early form, the Bold Reasoning-My Charmer issue was not promising. His hindquarters were oversized...