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...manned maneuvering unit). Armed with a space-age lance nicknamed the stinger, he spears a stray satellite and rockets back to the mother ship. There, silhouetted against the shimmering earth some 225 miles below, he spins along at 17,500 m.p.h., shouldering his prize like a sci-fi Atlas...
...only $1 million of their own money. Sixteen months later, Simon's group took Gibson public in a stock offering worth $290 million. Simon's profit on the deal: $66 million. Fortnight ago, Simon's Wesray Corp. launched another buyout: a $71.6 million acquisition of Atlas Van Lines...
...second piece for Parade (the other was an Independence Day reminiscence), and at least his tenth published article since becoming President. Reagan does not accept fees for his journalistic efforts. But with its Charles Atlas photos of a fit, firm Reagan, the Parade piece had a clear political payoff: if a President pumps iron, his age seems moot...
Fryar says, "When Nebraska contacted me, I went and looked in the atlas. 'Lord,' I thought. 'It's in the middle of nowhere.' Actually, I wanted to be a Marine like my uncle. But my parents wouldn't let me. That first year, Turner and I both were so lonely, we tried to quit. Neither of our parents would allow us to come home. We were up there in the room, playing old records and crying, fighting the homesickness together." When Rozier arrived, they helped him resist the same urge to run away. "Nebraska...
...lift home from a political meeting. They were married two years later. By then, Denis had inherited the family business and considerable wealth. Maggie quit work, studied law, gave birth to twins, Carol and Mark, and began her ascent up the political ladder. Denis traveled extensively for Atlas and eventually sold the firm to Castrol, a lubricating-oil company, which was later taken over by Burmah Oil. He was a director of planning at a Burmah subsidiary when he retired in 1975, and still sits on several corporate boards...