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...into the worst stock-market plunge in seven years for his misgivings to register. This is a horrible replay of 1994. You may not remember, but don't feel bad because nobody was listening then when Greenspan expressed similar concerns and, surprise, jacked interest rates higher. The market tanked, pronto. Greenspan doesn't control the markets, for sure. But his is the hand closest to the interest-rate lever, which gives him an awful lot of influence. "He took the gun out and laid it on the table," says John Manley, an analyst at Smith Barney. "He must think...
...fervor for sweeping tax cuts, rather than accepting them grudgingly, took longer. In April, with the primaries nearly over, Dole's campaign manager, Scott Reed, had an all day meeting with political and economic advisers to discuss a tax-slashing program. Several wanted to come out with one pronto, but Reed told them Dole was not ready...
...cracked across the face with a Louisville Slugger," he said, "you'd better hook me up to that morphine I.V., pronto...
...been done, it's passe, go to law school pronto...
Hard to argue that civilization is in tip-top shape, and Elmore Leonard isn't in the mood to try. In Pronto (Delacorte; 265 pages) it's the Mob that has gone mushy. Harry Arno, a South Florida bookie, has reached what would be retirement age if you retired from the kind of business associations he has made, which you don't. But he does. He has been skimming the Mob's share of the take for years, and he has used the boodle to buy a villa in Rapallo, Italy, where he was stationed during World...