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...flood of intelligence, some in intricate code, into Cargill's headquarters: a competitor's wheat bid in Latin America, weather conditions in Australia, political jockeying in the Middle East, rumored tax increases in Japan. In the chateau's former living room, a dozen or so executives scan an electronic quote board which tells them the price of soybeans in Chicago, wheat in Kansas City, rapeseed in Thunder Bay and oats in Winnipeg. On the basis of that information, Cargill executives decide what to buy, sell or hedge, often risking sums approaching $ 100 million...
...front, the police have arrived simultaneously with Don, and as he begins to scan and sort problems, which included breaking up an altercation between Roger and one of the union people, they line up for rough roll call. It looks to me as though some of those officers with hair curling from under their caps could possibly have volunteered. The flaring tempers are to be expected, considering the importance attached to the show, and the general problems in relations of a group of freaks and union people...
Sophisticated new X rays can scan bags without damaging even a roll of film, but they cost $100,000 apiece. The more practical magnetometers, ranging from $800 up to $8,000, detect any kind of metal from a traveling clock to a bra's metal hooks and eyes, and bags would still have to be opened for complete examination. To do that with every piece of luggage going aboard a Boeing 747 would mean passenger check-ins hours earlier than at present. That would eliminate the speed and convenience which are any airline's selling points...
...pamphlets talk about rededicating ourselves to faith in America and in God, and claim that Wallace is the only candidate to sense the real feeling of the people: "He truly cares. He is truly concerned. He is real." I pick up Impact 72: A Newspaper for Young Americans and scan the inside topic, "Right On, by George C. Wallace;" "Charisma! Charisma! Charisma!"; "The Wisdom of Wallace: The Magic of Dreams, The Fabric of Freedom..."; "No Generation Gap in the Wallace Family." Other themes are just as predictable--the old values made new, George Wallace standing up boldly, honestly...
...view of the news than anybody who has been in this office. I don't get bogged down in any part of the news. My much maligned and praised news summary covers all aspects of it: the newspapers, TV news, radio, the newsmagazines and the monthly magazines. I can scan the report in as little as ten minutes and know more than if I had read the New York Times all the way through. I tell the staff to leave out the puff pieces and the personal criticism. I am an issue...