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...plant, while turning down a Czech tractor deal. He spent, too, with caution. When a state governor begged $400,000 for a fisheries project, Quadros promised $80,000. "I was a governor myself, your excellency, and I sympathize. But I don't want to leave here with my wallet emptied...
...cruel world. A man slaps his friend on the back with one hand, steals his wallet with the other. Four young punks stone a kitten to death and, when the wardrobe men protest, beat them up and break their mirror. When the closet-horses lie down to rest, a watchman drives them away with a stick. Heads bowed, they carry their burden back to the beach and quietly disappear into...
Moran's biggest assets are an honest face and a folksy manner that send shivers up and down the stitching of many a wallet and purse. He is so effective that rival car dealers are driven to fury when they discover that their own relatives-even their mothers-are singing the praises of "that honest Mr. Moran." Brogue & Braggadocious. Though Moran's career as a dealer has not always encouraged a mother's unquestioning trust, his image as "that honest...
...raise the $8,000,000 that the Foundation is asking for its stock-especially since they have chosen to get along without Sam Newhouse, who offered to stake them to all or any part of the money. In the meantime, if someone with the right qualifications-an outsized wallet and a desire to keep on operating Newsweek in the Astor tradition-should come along, the Astor Foundation would presumably be all ears...
McIntyre girls began to suspect an intruder when a radio disappeared over Christmas vacation. Then, the night before last, a radio, a wallet and several hundred dollars were missing...