Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wheelock Whitney, a Republican businessman in Minneapolis, is considering running as an Independent against Minnesota's Democratic Governor Wendell R. Anderson. Senator Richard S. Schweiker, a moderate Republican from Pennsylvania, has no plans to bolt the ticket next year, but he has already let the voters know that he is no friend of the White House. He began a recent radio interview: "Well, you know I was on the White House enemies list...
...over the beach and cliffs is filled with man-made wings. A ten-year-old boy strapped to a purple and gold hang-glider-a huge swatch of fabric, a metal frame, a trapeze-like seat -leaps from a cliff and circles toward the sand. A middle-aged businessman in a stiletto-winged sailplane, or conventional glider, weaves figure eights. They have plenty of company aloft, flying a variety of craft that come in a rainbow of colors...
...Nixonian toilette, Molloy considers it basically sound: "His problems aren't visual." The President, says Molloy, dresses like a successful businessman with small-town roots. This appeals to his constituency. "Nixon is smart enough to wear dark 'authority figure' suits and avoid 'Daddy-went-to-Yale symbols.' " Such political taboos include Saks Fifth Avenue pinstripes and "those itty-bitty, fishy-look ties"-Ivy League silks patterned with tiny birds, animals or fish. They spell snobbishness. Before candidates rush to their tailors with Molloy's notions, however, they should realize that some of his clients...
...recent death. He enlists the aid of a private detective, plus journalists on his father's newsmagazine and his own executive lackeys to get to the roots of the problem. The roots, not surprisingly, are rotten with corruption, and lead to an international consortium headed by an Italian businessman who had something nefarious to do with the Jews in Rome during the second World...
...Hawaiian businessman said last fall, "If we threaten to secede from the Union, restore the monarchy and then threaten to accept aid from Russia or China, it might be enough to get recognition of our problems...