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...makes a case against the tender but cruel optimism purveyed by the "Barry the Rebirthers" of this world...
...refused to adopt the changes. When he finally did, the Yankees began to roll; they won 40 of their next 50 games. Jackson, his spirit at last lifted by batting fourth, drove in 49 runs. But even that did not satisfy the outfielder of the powerful shoulders and the tender ego. At the end of the season Jackson stood in the corner of the locker room and said: "I wouldn't wish what happened to me here on anybody." He had already told Steinbrenner he would refuse to play another season for Martin, no small dilemma for the owner...
...somewhat mysterious word to the average investor. Then it became known that a handful of Wall Street arbitragers who like to speculate on corporate takeovers were the big winners in a bidding war for Babcock & Wilcox Co. (TIME, Sept. 5). As soon as United Technologies Corp. made an opening tender offer, the arbitragers began sinking $100 million-much of it borrowed-into purchases of B & W stock, starting at $42 a share; they quickly bought up more than a quarter of the outstanding shares. Then they sat back happily while United and J. Ray McDermott Inc. made escalating rival offers...
Smathers won and forced Pepper from political office until 1962, when redistricting in the Miami area created a new congressional opportunity. Pepper ran and won, becoming a freshman Congressman at the tender age of 62. In his 15 years in the House, Pepper has missed few floor votes. He has continued, on balance, to support social action programs. As MIMS a staffer explains, "He still believes, as he did during the New Deal, that the Government can correct injustices and right wrongs...
...heart: love. The former wife of Conservative M.P. Hugh Fraser-and the current companion of Playwright Harold Pinter-says she loves nothing more than to give and receive billets-doux. To kindle ardor in the souls of her readers, Antonia, 44, has compiled Love Letters (Knopf; $8.95), a tender anthology of 135 amorous notes dashed off through the centuries by lovers of distinction. Sample sweet nothings: "You are a wretch, truly perverse, truly stupid, a real Cinderella. You never write to me at all," a peevish Napoleon scrawled to Josephine from Verona. "Your slim gilt soul walks between passion...