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...last incident began when my brother and I got off the Green Line trolley car at the unnamed stop in front of the Holiday Inn on Beacon St. I remember that it was 10:45 p.m., because when I told Michael that I was going to buy the New York Times then, the smart-aleck said, "Yeah...
...crossed the tracks, looking both ways of course, a police car pulled up, flashing its lights at us. A police officer got out and asked us which direction we were coming from. I pointed to the trolley car which was stalled at the light...
...said something along the lines of "What does that have to do with us?" I now realize that we should have stopped the trolley car that was passing us as I said this, to get someone to identify us. Instead, I was just humiliated as the faces on the train peered out of the windows...
After the police officer told us the robbery had been committed by two Blacks, he called on his walkie-talkie for a description of the suspects. Another police car pulled up, with its red light whirling; these bright lights exposed our identities...
There is nothing folksy about Perelman. His favored car is a chauffeur- driven Bentley, and he has never owned a pickup. And if he is indeed the fattest of the fat cats, he didn't exactly start from scratch. He began sitting in on board meetings of Belmont Industries, his family's $300 million Philadelphia conglomerate, at age 11. At 35, Perelman got restless, moved to New York City and started collecting his own companies. Beginning with a chain of jewelry stores, he added MacAndrews & Forbes, a producer of licorice extract, in 1979. Then, with the help of financing provided...