Word: businessman
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Millionaires like Ross Perot are used to getting their way. A case in point: In 1985 the Texas businessman bought two vacation homes in Bermuda, one for himself, one for his son. He hired a local firm to add swimming pools, verandas and air conditioning to both houses. Perot also set about finding a way to dock his 68-ft. cabin cruiser, the Chateau Margaux, at his doorstep...
Perot's TV manner has its engaging side, sprinkled with the chummy colloquialisms of a small-town businessman ("You follow me?" "Pretty simple stuff, right?"). But his humble routine is growing less convincing with exposure. One questioner compared Perot to Jesse Jackson -- both have been criticized for lack of office-holding experience -- and asked why the Texas billionaire was any more qualified to be President. "I don't claim that I am," Perot replied. "That's up to the people." Jennings prodded gently, "But surely you think you're qualified." Perot's response: "I'm not going to sit here...
Next January Spain's seven-year E.C. transition period will be over, and the country will be forced to compete full throttle in a 340 million consumer market. For every businessman concerned that this will mean a foreign takeover of Spanish industry, another argues that Spain can muscle its way into the big leagues. In his Valencia porcelain factory, Jose Lladro offers his 2,300 employees, 85% of them women, an Olympic-size swimming pool, tennis courts and Friday afternoons off. But the atmosphere is far from relaxed. Quality is rigidly controlled, and any worker who arrives six minutes late...
...Perot, whose political views remain so undefined that voters have no idea where to place him on the political spectrum. This has worked to his advantage, as voters of all stripes invest him with their hopes. So far, his supporters are willing to take the chance that a tough businessman like Perot can succeed where timorous politicians have failed. In any case, they figure, he can't do any worse. But there is a much larger segment of the electorate reluctant to take the plunge until they know far more about Perot...
...delicate move, Thailand's King last week tiptoed past a military-backed contender and, after consultations with political leaders, appointed Anand Panyarachun, 59, a former diplomat and businessman, to be interim Prime Minister for the second time. Initially installed by the military following a February 1991 coup, Anand ran Thailand's most honest and competent government in decades before stepping down last March. His sensitive task now: to organize new elections and extricate the military from politics in response to last month's bloody pro-democracy street clashes...