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Although John Shakespeare applied for a gentleman's coat of arms around 1576, he slipped into money troubles and was dropped from the list of aldermen. Will had not been overly prudent himself. According to parish records, he and Anne Hathaway were married posthaste, without the customary three readings of the banns-Anne was three months pregnant. By Elizabethan standards, Anne's pregnancy was no great scandal, but her age -an antique 26 or so to Will's 18-was. The sole clue as to how they got on together is a rather ambiguous bequest in Shakespeare...
...Herter, then flashed the word to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. No troops were recalled from leave, nor were any forces moved, though some local commanders took optional precautions (a Denver TV station put out a "scramble" call to fighter pilots). "Under the circumstances," said Gates, "it seemed most prudent to me to increase the awareness of our unified commanders. In similar circumstances, I would take exactly the same action...
...Britain's Silverstone course on a trial run for the International Trophy Race. Born in Paris of American parents, Schell fought as a tail gunner in the Finnish air force against Russia in 1939, later earned a reputation for being as carefree off the track as he was prudent on it, made a career of finishing well up in the pack but seldom in front. Said Britain's Stirling Moss: "Harry was the last gay cavalier in the motor racing game...
...think God has exhibited us apostles as the lowest of the low, like gallows-birds; for we have become a spectacle to the universe, both angels and men. We are fools for Christ's sake, while you are most prudent Christians; we are feeble while you are strong; we are in disgrace while you are honored. To this very moment we are starving, thirsty, ragged, battered tramps . . . We are like the dregs and scum of society!"-But he also said: "In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us." The Pharisee. Paul...
Walter E. (for nothing) Heller _ is a grey-thatched, cigar-puffing financier whose business is taking risks that no prudent banker would consider. As head of Chicago's Walter E. Heller & Co., the largest independent U.S. commercial finance firm, he has helped finance the birth and growth of more than 13,000 small and medium-sized businesses-about one in 23 of all U.S. manufacturing corporations. Heller not only pumps in vital funds where banks shun the risk, but freely dispenses the advice and guidance that many struggling firms need as badly as money. His aim is to make...