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...eleven-horse Derby field, there are four hopeless cases--Dapper Dan, Narusha, Mr. Pak, and Carpenter's Rule. With Bold Lad eliminated, that leaves six possible contenders...
Despite its rapid growth (1964 sales: $40 million), Moulinex remains a strictly one-man operation. Jean Mantelet, dapper and youngish-looking at 64, is president, general manager and principal (99%) stockholder. No longer the reluctant risk taker, he now plans to increase his factories from four to seven within three years, double production, triple sales and raise exports from 30% to 50% of total sales. One special target is the biggest appliance market...
...looks like a past president of the Kiwanis, has a Major Hoople-ish voice just perfect for harrumphing (although he does not indulge) and a sense of humor just dry enough to let him refer to a political enemy as "that rodent" and pull it off. In addition, the dapper Senator from Pennsylvania has a delightful penchant for the well turned phrase (he often emits a self-congratulatory chortle after some especially well burnished jewel), and speaks with the assurance of a man used to being listened...
Last week the dapper Syrian was released after seven days behind bars and promptly announced that he would sue the canton of Geneva...
Captain Rees Howell Gronow was a dapper, wicked little Welshman. He fought with distinction beside Wellington in the Peninsula and at Waterloo; he gossiped and gamed at the best clubs of Regency London. He matched wit and waistcoats with Beau Brummell, shot pistols with Lord Byron. And in his later years, he sat sucking the handle of his cane in the window of his Paris club while the Revolution of 1848 raged in the streets below. Then he wrote his reminiscences...