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Walter N. Rothschild Jr. ’42, a two-term Harvard overseer who stepped down as head of a chain of New York department stores to lead a life of public service, died June 20 in Long Island, N.Y. of complications from abdominal surgery...
Soon he joined the family business—first as an employee and later as president—at the New York-based department store chain Abraham and Straus, an institution founded by his great grandfather which has since been converted into branches of other department stores...
...Hollywood source familiar with Gore's original TV proposal: "When it first came around, people were, like, 'How is this thing going to make money?' These are Democrats, but they're business people first." That's why Gore and his partner Joel Hyatt, who co-founded a nationwide chain of storefront legal clinics, have refined their proposal to be less ideological and more entertaining. It would not be a traditional news network, says a person familiar with their plan, but "something totally different in concept and format." Both Gore and Hyatt declined to be interviewed...
...Bahal: It took eight months of undercover work. We portrayed ourselves as arms dealers selling hand-held thermal imagers and worked our way up the chain from low-level clerks to generals and political leaders. It had a huge impact. Everyone knew that such corruption existed, but it was the first time there were live images of officials accepting cash bribes...
...right midfield, Luis Figo, who produces more goals and assists than Beckham does and leads him in free-kick conversions, the English player's stock-in-trade. The answer came last week from Tokyo, where Beckham and his wife, Victoria, arrived to promote a brand of chocolate and a chain of beauty salons. Wherever they went, the couple was mobbed by fans wearing Beckham shirts and waving Beckham dolls. Staking out the player's hotel, Yusuke Ozaki, 24, sported a Manchester United shirt but had already switched allegiance. "Real Madrid is my favorite club," he beamed. Beckham's legions...