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...board rooms. As Governor, he made some enemies among businessmen, notably by introducing a strong consumer-protection law and stern legislation to protect the environment. But businessmen generally supported his administration and applauded his government reorganization and zero-based budgeting. And they liked that he did not introduce any soak-the-rich taxes...
...Attorney David Bancroft. Carter agreed with Bancroft, telling Bailey to stick to questions and answers. But in time Carter grew irritated with Bancroft's protests and said: "If you say he [Bailey] doesn't have the right to object I'll tell you to go soak your head." (Albert Johnson, Bailey's assistant, later gave Bancroft a bottle of shampoo...
...analysts have made Federated's stock one of their recommended buys, partly because of Bloomingdale's consistent appeal to upper-income shoppers. New York Advertising Executive Stephen Baker, in his forthcoming book A Systematic Approach to Creative Advertising (McGraw-Hill), suggests that ad copywriters drop into Bloomingdale's to "soak up inspiration...
During these same years a Harvard coach noticed that on rainy days his players' uniforms would soak up 20-30 pounds in excess water. Someone suggested leather outfits, and a Boston tailor went to work. Harvard surprised the Elis by appearing at the 1893 game in new waterproof uniforms, much to the displeasure of Yale all-American "Pudge" Heffelfinger '93, who was attending his first game as a recent alumnus. "Pudge," thinking the leather had been employed solely to prevent those Harvard sissies from bodily harm, bounded onto the field soon after the game had started and began tearing uniforms...
...dizzying series of oil-price hikes begun by OPEC in late 1973 led to widespread speculation that the cartel's members would eventually soak up a disruptively large share of the monetary reserves of the non-Communist world. But these forebodings could not take into account the world recession that has slashed oil demand. Today OPEC'S output is running at about 28 million bbl. per day, v. 33 million bbl. just before the 1973 embargo, and revenues are falling below expectations...