The ax fell after a series of embarrassing setbacks in his failed attempt to turn the charge card company into an international financial supermarket.

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The ax fell after a series of embarrassing setbacks in Robinson's failed attempt to turn the credit card company into an international financial supermarket.

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He did so out of sheer nervousness, a kind of helpless hilarity, like that of an almost ruined gambler at the blackjack table, risking everything on the turn of a card.

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