Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...anything-including the intrepid angler if he gets half a chance. In Australia, where 115 swimmers have been killed by sharks in the past 65 years, the shark has long been considered the king of game fish. "Nothing compares to it," insists Sydney Businessman Peter Goadby. "It's wonderful to pit yourself against a creature so big and powerful, so perfectly designed for his position in life." In South Africa, where surf casters hook into 700-lb. sharks close to Durban's most popular bathing beaches, Electrician Cecil Jacobs, whose catch last year totaled 1,960 Ibs., exults...
...Lonely Businessman. United Air Lines last week moved to lower some first-class fares on a scale ranging up to 15%, and other lines have made fare cuts in recent weeks. TWA has introduced a family plan under which wives can fly for two-thirds of the coach fare and children for one-third, has been copied by several other lines. With American Express, airlines are stressing "lonely businessman" packages under which businessmen's wives can come along for half-fare. Foreign visitors get special rates: $150 on Braniff for 30-day coach-class privileges...
...persuaded his home office to buy tens of millions of dollars worth of ships from Italian shipyards-even though the cost is greater than elsewhere. The gesture burnishes Esso's image in the eyes of the Italian people and the government. Small gestures are also important. No German businessman would ever think of dining at a customer's house without bringing flowers for the hostess; no Dutchman would ever ask a prospective client out to lunch without first weighing whether the guest might deem the offer a subtle bribe...
...Housing Minister Richard Crossman, an acid critic of the Vassall affair, took some work with him to dinner at the West End's elegant Prunier's restaurant. After coffee, he absentmindedly left behind under the table 18 sheets stamped "Confidential." At a nearby table was a Conservative businessman, Geoffrey Blundell-Brown, who gleefully retrieved the papers, read them, then called the Daily Express to lambaste the lapse. With that, Blundell-Brown returned the documents. Crossman said he was "much obliged"; Harold Wilson doubtless was much embarrassed...
...traveling U.S. businessman who looks to Manhattan for culinary cachet, perhaps no group of restaurants has created more interest than Restaurant Associates. Its 19 restaurants-from the tree-decked Four Seasons to the Lucullan Forum of the Twelve Caesars, from the Italianesque Mamma Leone's to the open-all-night Brasserie -are a successful blend of imaginative showmanship, lofty prices and aspiration to high cuisine. Waldorf System, Inc., is a somewhat different chain of restaurants. Its 83 cafeterias, drive-ins and pancake houses in eight states lean heavily on self-service eateries in poor locations, offer such dishes...