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...submitting his resignation, Glaser predicted that the new facility "will constitute a key resource for the health care of large numbers of citizens and will also be an invaluable asset to teaching and health care research...
Clark's temper continued to be King's greatest asset. Next day, Clark and his deputies arrested for truancy some 160 Negro youngsters peaceably demonstrating outside the courthouse, headed them off toward the edge of town. Selma's jails, said Clark, were already full, so he intended to take the kids to the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge six miles away. Brandishing billy clubs and electric cattle prods, Clark's men forced the children into a quick step and then a trot as Clark bellowed: "You like to march so much...
...carrying signs that bore the message "Jim Clark, get well in mind and body." Said one of the demonstrators later: "It just wasn't the same without Clark fussing and fuming. We honestly miss him." That was not hard to understand, for Sheriff Clark had been an unwitting asset to King and the Negro community in Selma...
...spend, lend and invest their money freely almost anywhere in the world. This unshackled capitalism has helped dozens of foreign economies, brought the U.S. worldwide economic power and prestige, and earned considerable profit for American industry. In one sense, clearly, the free outflow of capital is a distinct asset. In another, it is an increasingly serious problem, since it is a major source of the U.S.'s payments deficit and the cause of its stepped-up loss of gold...
...with two partners after the war. He flew while studying for a law degree, later took over the sales department of the small line, which changed its name from Essair to Pioneer. Continental got Lawrence in 1955 when it absorbed Pioneer, quickly recognized that he was the most valuable asset acquired in the deal. By 1958, Continental President Robert Six had promoted Lawrence to executive vice president-the industry's youngest-in charge of the airline's day-to-day operations...