Word: sec
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...SEC. Even before Roosevelt came to power, there was a widespread feeling that the crash of 1929 had been something other than an act of God, and the Senate Banking Committee set out to prove it. The hearings from 1932 to 1934 were a revelation. The banker J.P. Morgan, who was believed to be worth more than $100 million, testified that by fictitious sales of stock to his wife, he legally avoided paying any income taxes at all. National City Bank President Charles Mitchell admitted that the top officials of his bank had given themselves $2.4 million in interest-free...
...open. How many times is it going to be there for you?" Even that flicker of concern did not show, not to the crowd, not to his teammates. Montana sent Lenvil Elliott around left end to the six. Time out. Third and three, with 58 sec. on the clock...
...Rock Island, Ill., "little-known Augustana College" (in footballese, adjective and noun are welded together, as in "wartorn Middle East"). Also little known is the general opinion that if N.F.L. computers were programmed to construct the ideal quarterback, they would spit out Kenny Anderson. He is strong, quick (4.8 sec. over 40 yds.), with outstanding peripheral vision and, at 6 ft. 3 in., tall enough to throw over the modern hyperthyroid lineman. Unlike other strong-armed quarterbacks, the Jets' Richard Todd, for instance, Anderson throws passes that are mysteriously hard to drop. They float down so softly, and with...
...Louis, 66, the "Brown Bomber," one of the best heavyweights ever, whose thunderous punch leveled the likes of James J. Braddock, Billy Conn and Tony Galento. In a memorable vengeance match with racist overtones that was over in a lightning 2 min. 4 sec. of the first round, he crushed Germany's Max Schmeling in 1938. As champ from 1937 to 1949, he defended his title a record 25 times, but never pocketed the monster purses common today and spent years in debt...
...okayed the cinematographer, had a hand in picking the props and even chose her costar, ex-New York Jet Joe Namath, 38. "I saw the ad in my mind and it came out exactly as I wanted it," says Farrah. "It has a sense of humor." The 30-sec. spot calls for Farrah to take a shower with Namath, with whom she teamed up in the early '70s for a Noxema ad. Joe has been the longtime spokesman for Fabergé's line of men's cologne, Brut. "I wrote the commercial with Joe in mind," says...