Word: stockings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This week's subject is Sir James Goldsmith, the international financier, art collector and company collector who presciently sold most of his stock holdings shortly before last month's market crash. Senior Correspondent Frederick Ungeheuer interviewed Goldsmith at length for the three-page story. The two discovered something they had in common: Frankfurt, Ungeheuer's hometown and the seat of Goldsmith's forebears, a distinguished German banking family. Ungeheuer spent a week traveling with Sir James, watching him conduct business in Paris, New York City and Washington. The two also huddled at Goldsmith's homes in Paris and New York...
...hope that no one mistakes my intentions. I have no desire to ruin tradition or spoil anyone's fun. But President Schmidt has expressed to me his fears that the recent turbulence over the Supreme Court is not only wreaking havoc on the stock market and consequently the endowment, but is also scaring away alumni donators in droves. Further lewd conduct, we fear, will only discourage even more donations. Let's make a good impression on Harvard and our old timers. Keep your clothes on for a change, Saybrook. The Yale Police Department November...
...seemed less likely to change their behavior patterns as memories of Black Monday drifted away. When congressional and Administration leaders opened their second week of emergency budget-cutting meetings last week, their post-crash burst of bipartisan magnanimity was on the wane. "The worst thing for the summit is stock-market stability. It takes the pressure off," says Economist Schultze...
DESCRIPTION: U.S. dollar vs. Japan's yen and West Germany's mark. Color illustration: Uncle Sam, turning his back on the dollar, reads Stock reports in newspaper...
...just run, the statement seemed gracious but a little naive. Given what is now known about Ginsburg, it was foolhardy. In the wake of his withdrawal, few were talking publicly about the long-range implications of the embarrassment. A lame-duck President who has been buffeted by scandal, a stock-market crash and the bruising defeat of his first court nominee could ill afford this latest fiasco...