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...gambling game; in his 1896 Cross of Gold speech, William Jennings Bryan grumbled about "the man who goes on the Board of Trade and bets on the price of grain." In fact, trading is composed not only of outright speculation but of hedging operations by such agribusiness giants as Ralston Purina and Quaker Oats, which trade in future contracts as a means of protecting themselves against possible inventory losses due to the frequently violent price fluctuations of farm goods. To an outsider the buying and selling seem like an explosive quarrel; traders scream at each other and gesture with their...
...sure, the President downplayed the politics of his moves. Nixon explained that Hardin, a pipe-smoking former chancellor of the University of Nebraska, had wanted out as early as three months ago to accept "an exceptionally attractive offer" as vice chairman of Ralston Purina Co., a large cereals and feed processor in St. Louis. Yet it was also true that Hardin had, perhaps innocently, become a political liability. Many farmers considered him an ineffective spokesman for their interests; others did not even recognize his name-with the result that Nixon became the object of their discontent. Conceded one of Nixon...
...Masters. Two months ago in London, he bested Newcombe to win the Queen's Club Open, then came within a few shots of beating him again two weeks later in a furious five-set finals match at Wimbledon. At the U.S. Open, while Players Clark Graebner and Dennis Ralston were calling the officials "idiotic" and "ridiculous" for banning racket throwing and abusive language on the court, Smith went serenely on his wav, demolishing everyone he met. "Stan," says his doubles partner, Erik Van Dillen, "talks with his racket...
...Gilbert Ralston, who wrote the screenplay, sees Willard as "a rat morality play. It's based on the concept that man carries within him the seeds of his own destruction. The evil he does will turn back on him." That it certainly does. Willard (Bruce Davison) is an underachiever in his 20s who likes rats but is also something of a rat fink. He stands by spinelessly when his mean-minded boss (Ernest Borgnine) kills Socrates, one of his pets. Socrates' best friend, a rat named Ben, witnesses the act. It is thus easy, when Willard gets fired...
...Ralston Purina...