Word: worth
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...subordinates win glory and medals, taking to himself the satisfaction of achievement. "Your job," Eisenhower told S.L.A. Marshall, the European theater's chief historian in 1945, "is to determine the truth, and I will settle for that. You are not here to protect my reputation." Well aware of his worth, he was not falsely humble, but the bravura of a MacArthur, a Patton or a Montgomery distressed his sense of proportion. He did not need to shout, and as General of the Army or President he betrayed not the slightest trace of pretension or vainglory. There was, to be sure...
...ahead that could drag on for two years or more, LTV stock became increasingly unpopular. LTV common, which hit a high of $135 last May, closed last week at $59. And Jones & Laughlin dropped so much that Ling's $425 million investment was, for the moment at least, worth only $290 million...
...first of its kind, should help prevent abuse of hypnosis by overzealous prosecutors. "If the price of our decision should be the ultimate escape of a guilty man rather than the vindication of an innocent one," said the judge, "this is the kind of case where that price is worth paying...
...company that Riklis has been using for acquisitions in such areas as Playtex underwear, B.V.D. shorts and, most recently, Schenley Industries. The company had been under the rather tenuous control (14%) of McCrory Corp., a retailing outfit that is 51%-owned by Rapid-American. Thus, by exchanging Rapid securities worth more than $200 million for 62% of Glen Alden's stock, Riklis consolidated his position. "We have come full circle," he said...
Frankenstein--Tonight and Saturday the Living Theatre gives its final performances in America for a while. This may not be the best of their productions and you may hate Julian Beck's troupe anyway--but their antics are worth looking at, at least once. At the BROOKLYN ACADEMY, 30 Lafayette...