That hallowed saying could be repurposed today, except for a formidable problem. 28, 1924, one of my anonymous predecessors at The New York Times (bylines were uncommon then) used it. Here’s one I’ve never been able to drop into an article - not yet, anyway: “It is an old axiom in the financial district that Wall Street betting odds are ‘never wrong.’”īut nearly a century ago, on Sept.
