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...drum up popular support for it? The answer is that the bill is in trouble. And if there was more than a touch of demagoguery in Kennedy's 21-minute talk, it was rooted in the worry that his tax-cut measure would be defeated or rendered completely worthless. "There are those who, for one reason or another, hope to delay this bill," said the President darkly, "or to water down its effects...
...National Press Club, a reporter echoed such misgivings by asking Under Secretary of State W. Averell Harriman whether Russia's record of broken promises did not make the pact worthless. "That is a typical question of a semi-informed person," snapped Harriman. Then, as nervous laughter swept the room, he added: "If I offended anybody, I'm delighted." Chances are he offended a lot of people...
While praising the "conscientious" bureau, the SEC report said: "In case after case, broker-dealers have abused the system by inserting fictitious quotations in connection with worthless securities to give an illusory value." One broker-dealer firm, for example, arranged to list fictitious quotes for the shares of Diversified Funding, Inc., while trying to push those shares to its own customers...
...admiration for him: "In his round eyes, the eyes of a bird of prey, I saw the extinct race of ancient Rome, which had marched intrepidly over the whole expanse of the ancient world and conquered it." He admits his isolation from the mainstream of European life: "The most worthless German parvenu was closer and more understandable to me than an educated foreigner...
...fifth race at Aqueduct on April 20 an unbeaten three-year-old named No Robbery was scheduled to meet a field of older horses. No Robbery had raced three times before and won them all, but against worthless horses. His opposition at Aqueduct was not spectacular, but his performance was: No robbery led from wire to wire; although he was eased up at the end, he won by ten lengths, ran the fastest mile ever clocked for a three-year-old in the history of New York racing, and missed the track record by two-fifths of a second...