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...Sir John Betjeman's death last month has left...
...turns clever, dominating, quick-tempered and stubborn, British Industrialist Sir James Goldsmith, 51, rarely fails to excite speculation over his next takeover target. Last week the balding, staccato-voiced conglomerateur offered Continental Group, a company that had 1983 revenues of $5 billion from products that range from tin cans to life insurance, $50 a share for its stock, or $2.1 billion in cash. Said he: "It is a very good company. We admire the management...
Some observers speculate that Sir Jimmy's bid for Continental is just an attempt to make a quick profit. According to them, Goldsmith may be out to scare Continental's management into buying back his shares if he should obtain a large block of stock...
Another man came in from the street and asked to use the toilet, and Don Blackwell said, "Yes sir. Help yourself." The radio was blaring a country refrain: "Let's go out in a blaze of glory." Three whittlers were sitting in a row, addressing their sticks...
William G. Perry Jr., professor of education emeritus, wrote a very clever essay defining types of examsmanship. A student who has just received an "A" on an exam objects. "But sir, I really don't deserve it, it was mostly bull, really." To this kind of remark, there is only one possible rejoinder. Alfred North Whitehead's: "Yes sir, what you wrote is utter nonsense, utter nonsense! But ah! Sir! It's the right kind of nonsense...