Al Rosen
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"Albert Leonard "Al" Rosen", nicknamed "Flip" and "The Hebrew Hammer", is a former American professional baseball player who was a third baseman and right-handed slugger in the Major League Baseball/Major Leagues for ten seasons in the 1940s and 1950s.

He played his entire ten-year career (–) with the Cleveland Indians in the American League, where he drove in 100 or more runs five years in a row, was a four-time All-Star, twice led the league in home runs and twice in RBIs, and was an MVP. Rosen was a .285 career hitter, with 192 home runs and 717 RBIs in 1,044 games. He was selected for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star Game from 1952 to 1955. Rosen appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1955 in sports/1955.

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They should have looked at how individual investors are literally being fleeced.

We had studied them (Friday), and the one thing we always have to do, since we're not as powerful, is wait for the offense and defend what they give us. Our girls are all pretty scrappy and they've come together really well.

George is a dynamic individual who wants and demands perfection. He has an insatiable desire to win and he's been very successful. That being said ... he can be rough on the people who work for him.

This a completely unregulated environment.

Once you sell more trust units then we're on the slippery slope downward.

I'm sitting here with I don't know how many litigation cases and another dozen that we're looking at - you try to show me one (income trust) that's absolutely wonderful, terrific and fantastic and you're going to have a tough time.

I'm 90 per cent plus sure, but once again, in our business we have to be 100 per cent sure. And that is why the investigation is needed; to look at the volumes, the prices, at a whole cross-section of the trusts and the dividend paying stocks. And there's a third category of other stocks that will benefit from the trading.

The other speculation would be that there were some documents that were seized in that raid at the Bank of Nova Scotia, that someone may have noticed certain sales or transactions.

I tip my hat to them. They were relentless. But I'm proud of my girls for how they kept coming back against El Paso. I'm excited (about district play). We've won two tournaments and finished second in another. Hopefully this (predistrict competition) will push us to a good district finish.