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Edith: I thought it's tougher bein' born black...
...with all his banks, Parsons invested B.O.C.'s funds heavily in low-grade 20-year municipal securities. Though they then paid high yields and bolstered bank earnings, they were far tougher to sell than the lower-paying short-term Treasury notes that most banks buy. To attract more money, B.O.C. made what other bankers considered risky loans to oil prospectors, restaurants and black self-help groups. Still, during the first five years of Parsons' management, B.O.C. assets tripled to $1.5 billion and its earnings quintupled to $11 million...
...wonder. I also wonder how such excitable young men as Jay Cocks and Paul Zimmerman, able to praise Frank Perry or Paul Williams as film masters at a moment's notice, acquired positions at Time and Newsweek held by tougher fellows long ago--James Agee and John O'Hara. Or, why doesn't Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. deem film important enough to bring some of his secular history to it to make for a relevant panache? And why did Joseph Morgenstern, one of the best of the lot, one of the few with human concerns broader than Panavision, drop films...
...will be trying to find somebody to plug holes in a tougher meet," said Gambril, commenting on the fact that he will be doing a bit of experimenting with people swimming "off" events. Fred Mitchell, who has been swimming the 500 and the 200 yd, free, will drop down and swim the 100 yd. free., and Dave Brumwell, who has been swimming the 200 I.M. and the breast, will move up and swim the 1000 yd. free...
Despite criticism from what Governor Love terms "a growing group of ecologists," the commission refuses to go faster or get tougher. "Decisions about public affairs," says Chairman Crowley, "should be made by elected representatives at the appropriate level." Such careful honoring of local government is precisely why Colorado has a good chance to protect its land and preserve its beauty...