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...intensified the ordinary disruption ofbeing that age, many times over," remebers DavidI. Bruck '70, a protester and then- editorialchair of The Crimson. "The images of the war hungin the air like a noxious...
...remember too the idea that we were playingin a big sandbox full of ideas," Bruck says. "Wewere all stoned on the world ran on ideas, thatideas could instantly transform life forever...
Crimson reporter David I. Bruck '70 said thatthe troopers broke down the first-floor doors witha three -foot battering ram. He said that thetroopers pushed the demonstrators up front andthen beat several of them with clubs...
...Bruck amply demonstrates, Ross's charm made him a natural for Hollywood, where everyone is a vortex of ego and where success belongs not to those who count the beans but to those who extravagantly spoil the stars. If Barbra Streisand wanted a painting, why not buy it for her? If Dustin Hoffman was vacationing in Europe, why not provide him with a yacht? If Steven Spielberg was looking for a home in the Hamptons, why not arrange the sale for him? "It's about people, really -- realizing what they want," Ross once told Bruck...
With Ross expertly stroking egos, Warner prospered astonishingly, but his highly personal, unbusinesslike style had its darker side. Bruck provides the most detailed account yet of an illegal cash-skimming operation at the Mob-run Westchester Premier Theater in the 1970s. Ross's best friend, Warner executive Jay Emmett, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud arising from the scheme, and Bruck leaves the unmistakable impression that Ross himself was deeply involved, which Ross steadfastly denied. (Ross cut off Emmett summarily when Emmett began cooperating with the prosecution...