Word: wouldn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dickson called Fiedler a symbol of the common man, adding that Fiedler took music out of the ivory tower and brought it to the people. Dickson added however, that Fiedler was a man of great self-effacement who wouldn't have thought much of such praise...
Billy Carter, the President's brother: "I was in Washington recently, and Jimmy was buying four new suits. As tight as Jimmy is, he wouldn't be buying new suits if he wasn't going to run again...
Many of Pearson's methods wouldn't be tolerated today. He really went after people. He taught Anderson to look "first for those personal weaknesses ... to cher ish in an adversary: overweening vanity, bumbling pomposity, addiction to creature comforts, a tendency to alcoholic indiscretion, the heedless pursuit of venery." Opponents were destroyed not by reasoned argument but by a recital of their peccadilloes, endlessly repeated. When Ander son objected to such "scraps and chaff," his boss replied: "Once you catch one of these birds at anything, and you're sure of your facts, never worry about doing...
Because Ted Kennedy promises results, we don't stop to ask ourselves whether or not he lied to us, whether or not we can trust him as a man. We may be able to, but we're not even asking. His name helps him overcome Chappaquidick, but it wouldn't have been enough in 1976. It is enough now, because of our panic...
Lloyd's calculating oddsmakers are ruefully philosophical about their mishap. Says Underwriter Murray Lawrence: "If we didn't have losses we wouldn't be in business." The group draws some satisfaction from the recent strengthening of sterling, now at $2.22, which means that members will have to lay out fewer pounds to pay off claims in dollars. But that is sore solace. As Underwriter Peter Cameron-Webb noted, "I doubt if a broker will ever try to place this policy again at Lloyd...