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...Kahn relates, Whitney's father's estate came to $178,893.655. But Jock affected a common touch. Kahn entitles one chapter "Nice if You Can't Afford Pewter," the remark Jock made in reply to a rich friend's compliment concerning the family silver. After he inherited a good part of his father's nine figures, he took a 565 a month job as a bank clerk. Commuting to work no his yacht every morning. Jock "scared the fish," a friend observed...
...planes that might mollify Israel. On Weinberger's recent trip, a Saudi official told U.S. visitors: "You are just arms salesmen, and we pay cash," making it clear that the Saudis would use the AWACS any way they please. The only reply from the White House was a remark from one spokesman: "We do not regard that as an official statement." Selling arms to Jordan is supposed to counter Soviet influence in that country, but King Hussein has given no indication yet that he will cancel an order for Soviet ground-to-air missiles, even if the U.S. does...
...disturbed by what he feels was Rockefeller's emotional freeze after ordering the grisly assault on rebellious prisoners at Attica. Behind the image of a liberal Republican was an old-fashioned cold-warrior and bare-taloned hawk, who dismissed all Viet Nam draft resisters with the remark, "Those guys just didn't want to get killed...
From what I've been told by you, it sounds like the talks with Dean could result in the President's impeachment," I said. That was like dropping a dead cat in the Kool-aid. The tapes show that after I left the room, Nixon dramatically recoiled from my remark...
...Minneapolis TV interview, Reagan was less reassuring about his deficit projections. "We don't know what we're talking about," he said in a remark reminiscent of Budget Director David Stockman's infamous confessions, "nor does anyone else who tells you they're projecting deficits five years in advance...