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...cartons by Kellogg's, be the order of the day. Nor, of course, could the rest of the scene have occurred anywhere but in America. Nowhere else would there be an arena-sized hall filled with tables rented out to people who gather for the sole purpose of playing poker. Nowhere else would two men be able to fill their pockets in such an effortless way. Nowhere else would Bill and Charlie become friends so quickly, nor be assaulted with such a vengeance and lose their money as quickly as they...
...served in Washington with the tire-rationing unit of the Office of Price Administration, a job that gave him a lasting distaste for economic controls. Entering the Navy as a lieutenant (j.g.), he left as a lieutenant commander. He served as a supply officer in the South Pacific, learned poker well enough to win regularly, and developed a colorful vocabulary. He gave up the poker, but his swearing became something of a legend...
...meet with President Nixon, Kissinger stopped off en route to visit the nuclear-missile installation at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N. Dak. There, 150 Minuteman missiles stand at the ready beneath their giant manhole covers, and Kissinger, who as a negotiator handles Minuteman, Polaris and Poseidon missiles like poker chips, had a request: might...
...spoiled brats." His legal articles on high finance prompted Joseph P. Kennedy to bring him to Washington, D.C., in 1934. He soon succeeded Kennedy as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission under Franklin Roosevelt. The professor turned bureaucrat quickly became a regular at F.D.R.'s "command performance" poker games. He also became the President's favorite martini mixer (chilled glasses with lemon rubbed on the rim, and just a taint of vermouth...
...goddamned poker game...