Word: philadelphians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...addition, Barnaby says he's "sick of losing the first three to Yale," Next year things may be different. Niederhoffer is going like a whirlwind and is expected to challenge the big names next season. And, for a change, Harvard got some of the Philadelphian pro's this year...
...Governor or Senator of New Jersey, got assurance that Dillon was willing to sacrifice his personal political ambitions. Until he selected Republican Dillon and Independent Bob McNamara for the New Frontier, Kennedy thought seriously about retaining Eisenhower Appointee Thomas Gates as Defense Secretary. But Pennsylvania Democrats were convinced that Philadelphian Gates had his eye either on the Harrisburg Statehouse, held by Democrat David Lawrence, or on Democrat Joseph Clark's Senate seat, and would have raised a howl had Kennedy decided to reappoint Gates...
...hard scholarship palled; Rosenbach was better suited to hard selling. He learned quickly that a book was worth what someone would pay for it, and he became adept at nurturing the gluttony of those who could pay. An early client was a rich young Philadelphian named Harry Widener, who went down with the Titanic; his collection became the nucleus of Harvard's Widener Library. The doctor's Philadelphia shop was hardly grand enough for his new trade, and he opened a New York branch in a baronial town house on Madison Avenue. His hospitality was lavish; during Prohibition...
...told a reporter that new 1960 pennies with flawed date numerals were "the hottest item in the coin business," bringing up to $8 apiece. When the story hit the papers, a post office in New Orleans had to put on seven extra clerks to handle the calls. An eager Philadelphian backed a trailer up to the mint, prepared to buy pennies by the bagful and take his chances. Nobody seemed to be listening when the Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Mint announced that the pennies in question were not flawed in any way that would enhance their value...