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...dispirited Kiwis had to win three. If the draper succeeds, next week he will face either his old nemesis, Perth Millionaire Alan Bond and Australia IV, a descendant of the boat that won at Newport, or more likely the lithe and speedy Kookaburra III, owned by rival Perth Businessman Kevin Parry. Some experts now believe the onrushing Stars & Stripes will take it all. Conner is making no claims. But though he may try some equipment changes for the ultimate contest, the theme song is set. Playing Danger Zone seems to suit him just fine...
...against a dark background, the outline of the constellations lights up, the tiny stars winking against the blankness. Aquarius . . . Cancer . . . Gemini . . . Then there is Leo, Khashoggi's birth sign, and as the constellation brightens, a small image of the round-faced, mustachioed Saudi Arabian arms merchant and businessman flashes...
...businessman and broker, Khashoggi has as a trademark the exquisite and exotic women who seem to hover around him. He has often been accused of hiring expensive call girls to seduce the men he is attempting to do business with. He amiably confesses to paying for escorts to liven up business functions. The women, he suggests, sweeten the deal. "They lend beauty and fragrance to the surroundings," he says, while sitting on the terrace of his Marbella house overlooking Gibraltar. "They are also intelligent hostesses. I challenge anyone to come forward and prove that I ever told him the girls...
Manhattan Businessman Richard Perl, 29, has a morning ritual. After dressing, he drops a small crystal into his pocket to enhance his concentration and aid + him in contract negotiations during his workday. Andrea Cagan, 38, a Los Angeles physical therapist, follows an evening routine: she slips a sliver of rose quartz under her pillow to help her sleep peacefully...
...Satan Met a Lady. Studio biggies were narrowly headed off from calling Huston's version The Gent from Frisco. Before Humphrey Bogart got the starring role, it had been turned down by George Raft, Paul Muni, John Garfield and Edward G. Robinson. Edward C. Judson, a middle-aged businessman who married the 18-year-old Rita Cansino and guided her career as Rita Hayworth, kept an electric train for her to play with. Producer Mervyn LeRoy took the script of Quo Vadis? to the Vatican and had no trouble getting Pope Pius XII to bless...