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...extension of the state-ownership theory to include transmission as well as sites, plus the appeal to the family pocketbook, left no doubt of Governor Roosevelt's purpose to continue to press Water Power as a leading political issue in his State, perhaps in the nation...
Champion at last, Coke yearned for his wife. He wrote her a letter; Regan intercepted it. Finally, Coke's fame spreading and her pocketbook thinning, she found him. Coke was delighted, Regan disgusted. Soon Rose began to lead Coke a dance. She dragged him to night clubs, introduced him to flashy theatrical people, badgered him until he let her go on the stage again. Very soon she was unfaithful to him. simple-minded Coke suspecting nothing. Regan saw what was going on, tried to warn Coke; they drifted apart. Once when Regan was drunk he spoke out; Coke knocked...
...concerns have sought him as their publicity man. He has offers that would make him a millionaire. His friends tell him (here a straightening of his slim shoulders) that he is as popular as Edward of Wales. . . . Really, he has not decided yet between his party and his pocketbook...
...average New York voter bothers himself but little as to the manner in which his city is governed. The sins of an administration fail to register, except as dollars and cents out of his pocketbook. Graft of $100,000 was lately uncovered in the County Clerk's office. No public outcry followed. A favored group, through special fire regulations, controlled the sale of tank trucks for gasoline distribution in the city. Even the charge that this monopoly had chiseled $2,500,000 from the public left the voters cold. Arnold Rothstein, famed gambler, was murdered last autumn (TIME...
...products, the parallelism is nearly perfect. Each organization can offer a car for every pocketbook. Balancing General Motors, Chrysler has "everything except an icebox...