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...dapper little man with the straw hat, the walking stick and the boutonniere emerged from Boston's State House, a cheer went up for "the greatest Italian of them all." Charles ("Get-Rich-Quick") Ponzi shrugged off the compliment. "No," he admitted, "Columbus and Marconi were greater. Columbus discovered America, Marconi discovered the wireless." Hysterical voice from the crowd: "But you discovered money...
...Producer Sam Goldwyn began it by deciding to toss in his lot with the independent film producers (S.I.M.P.P.). He announced that he was quitting the two trade associations of the major studios (M.P.A.A. and A.M.P.P.), because "there must be a return to real free enterprise in our industry." Dapper Eric Johnston, who heads them both, took a deep breath and fired...
Team Play. Four months ago, completing the second job and anticipating this year's big thrust toward a competitive market, he gave his corporate team a transfusion of new blood. Dapper, grey-mustached Harlow ("Red") Curtice, 55, the man who had put Buick back on its feet (TIME, Sept. 20), was made an executive vice president and became the man widely regarded as Wilson's heir apparent-a not entirely comfortable spot, considering corporation rivalries...
...wide to reveal the soft drape of a smart beige gown and a length of shapely leg. From time to time as the prosecutor read the indictment, her long, blood-red fingernails fondled a corsage of tea roses at her shoulder as she cast a slow smile at her dapper defender, Major Luis Albarracin. Only flaw in her appearance was the dark line at the roots of her blonde hair. She gets special treatment at Madrid's women's prison, but her privileges do not include having a-hairdresser visit...
...Dapper Walter Hagen used to stride out to the first tee, often late for his match, run a comb through his Brilliantined hair and drawl: "Well, who's going to be second?" "The Haig's" psychological warfare continued through the match. He made the hard shots look easy, the easy ones look stupendous. Early in a match he would concede putts to his opponent, later rattle him by insisting that even the short ones be played out. No matter how poorly Walter seemed to be shooting, nobody relaxed until he was in. But where Hagen deliberately played...