Word: walls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...northern suburbs, v. 25 million people in eight states and two Canadian provinces twelve years ago. But the effects were nationwide. TV networks stopped broadcasting for several minutes. The flow of teletyped news from the A.P. and U.P.I, was interrupted, then limped along under jury rigs (see THE PRESS). Wall Street's banks, brokerages, and stock and commodities exchanges shut down...
...might be a staggering $1 billion or more. Because of the blackout, the city lost $4 million in tax revenue and had to pay $5 million in overtime to policemen and firemen. Estimates of business losses?beyond the looting?included up to $15 million in lost brokerage commissions for Wall Street and $20 million for retail stores...
...previous Premier ever did this. "It's not my home; it's yours," Begin earnestly told several hundred visitors who showed up for the first session. Begin as a good politician is constantly visible attending bar mitzvahs and berit (circumcision rites), or praying at the Wailing Wall. Unlike Rabin, a secular-minded sabra, Begin is a deeply religious man who seems quite comfortable with yarmulke, shawl and prayer book. The Premier even paid a preflight call on his old antagonist Golda Meir at her home near Tel Aviv to secure her blessing for his White House talks...
...catalyst for this calamity is a silver-haired lawyer named Joel Dolkart. He was G & W's general counsel for al| most 20 years, a bosom pal of Bluhdorn's -and a partner in the Wall Street cor| porate law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Dolkart, a mergers and acquisitions expert with a taste for modern art, was hit with an 89-count indictment in 1974 for stealing $2.5 million through fraudulent checks from law firms representing G&W.* He pleaded guilty to one count of forgery a year ago and was sentenced to a jail term...
...Wall. The joy was real. This was a company that had gone to the wall financially, and had come back not only to tell about it, but to dance better than ever. Last season Taylor announced the disbanding of his company. A big-bankroll tour of South America had just been canceled at the last minute, and Taylor had a $50,000 deficit from the previous Manhattan season to pay off. Dissolution seemed the only course...