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...child, Burt was thin, withdrawn and bookish. His father took the family all over the world-Hawaii, Brazil, France, Japan-as he climbed the ladder of a large chemical company. Three years ago, when Burt was 15, the family moved to Palos Verdes, an affluent suburb south of Los Angeles. Almost overnight the youngster was transformed. He taught himself to surf, put on 50 Ibs. of muscle and a deep tan, was elected to the student council and began dating the prettiest girls. Though his grades slipped to the low B range, his parents were delighted...
...critics might reply that Nixon's "good people" really have little cause to protest in the streets. But more to the political point is that the whites, the mature, the securely employed and the affluent combine to form a voting majority. This massive bloc belongs permanently to neither party. It follows no one ideology. Nixon seeks to attract enough of it to form an electoral majority. To do it, he must capture the imaginations of many Democrats and independents who are largely reconciled to the Big Government he likes to berate and have been cool toward Nixon in the past...
...league's proposed budget of $6,100,000 is largely contributed by major corporations and white donors. As the most affluent of all civil rights groups, it has the green power to turn words into deeds. Last year its 1,400 full-time workers found jobs for more than 60,000 applicants, upgraded workers in 10,000 jobs, and placed 20,000 more in training programs. Next year league staffers will also tackle merchants who gouge ghetto dwellers with unfair credit terms, bad housing, and the explosive issue of police in the slums...
...Such affluent school districts as Shaker Heights in Ohio, and garden City and Cold Springs Harbor in New York found themselves eligible for Title I funds, and after a little hesitation, applied for and received the money. Once the districts had the dollars, they discovered they could not find the economically disadvantaged children supposedly living in their districts and through a loophole in the wording of the law, began using the funds to finance programs for Educationally disadvantaged students. "You mean that if a kid's father is making $15,000 a year, but he is divorced...
Bunko Anyway. Reaching out for the newly affluent swinging set closer to home, the dowager of Knightsbridge underwent some startling changes during the last couple of years. They seem to have paid off. "The illusion that Harrods' customers were all duchesses was always bunko anyway," says a titled store executive. Mahogany displays were painted a brilliant cerise, truly modern furniture was stocked next to the Louis XV and Chippendale. But foremost among efforts to rejuvenate itself is the store's "Way In" boutique, where the Rolling Stones belt out background music. Since it opened last year, customers spent...