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On June 28, Werner submitted his final report on Case S.I.-19267-F, showing tax deficiencies of $1,099,944 and a penalty of $549,972. But even this was to be scaled down. After a series of further conferences between IRS officials and Wirtz, Brown & Root was ultimately required to pay a total of only $372,000. There were of course no fraud indi
... See moreRobert A. Caro • The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I
la dramaturgie toujours répétée du scandale auquel se livrait son réseau captivait les audiences. Couverte à coups de flashs d’information répétés et de commentaires (toujours sidérés), chacune des saillies du candidat républicain attirait les foules. Une telle mise en scène de la campagne, proche de la couverture d’une course cycliste, permettait
... See moreMichaël Foessel • Une étrange victoire: L'extrême droite contre la politique (French Edition)
Don’t be fancy—be effective.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
Democrats, led by Senate majority leader Lyndon B. Johnson, now saw an opportunity to break his hold on the country. McCarthy is “the sorriest senator up here,” LBJ had told Senate secretary Bobby Baker. “Can’t tie his goddamn shoes. But he’s riding high now, he’s got people scared to death some Communist will strangle ’em in their sleep, and anybo
... See moreThe Leland Olds fight had given Johnson the newspaper support he had previously lacked. A hundred articles portrayed him as the senator who had stood up against a President and against subversion—and when he returned to the great province in the Southwest (in a symbolically appropriate chariot, Brown & Root’s new DC-3), he did so as its hero, o
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
I was friends with Debra Larsen and Bruce Bockmann (who was Morgan’s most playful partner, choosing once, when I was a young associate, to introduce us to a new client with our roles reversed)
Robert Lessin • Lessin's Lessons
Rage
