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...lives inconspicuously: the Mala equivalent of the man in the gray flannel suit. A conservative if stylish dresser, he looks the part of the conventional real estate salesman that he claims to be. His split-level home in Brooklyn, where he lives with his wife, his two unmarried sons and a daughter, is scarcely distinguishable from other houses in the neighborhood. Hidden away in Orange County, N.Y., is a more appropriate setting for a Mafia boss: an extensive estate, complete with tennis courts, a swimming pool and a horseracing track. Colombo is also a skillful handball player and shoots golf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Capo Who Went Public | 7/12/1971 | See Source »

Sadat is rarely without a pipe, and enjoys an occasional glass of wine, preferably an Egyptian red called Omar Khayyam. He is a snappy dresser who favors tasseled loafers, elegant blazers and expensive British-styled suits. When he goes back to Mit Abu al Kom, though, Sadat on occasion likes to change from city clothes into the comfortable flowing galabia, the cotton peasant garment that looks like a nightshirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Middle East: The Underrated Heir | 5/17/1971 | See Source »

...Dresser, the only senior on the team, was a GBL all-star centerfielder last year, but he has gotten off to a slow start this spring. In ten games so far, he has batted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Faces Engineers In GBL Game Here Today | 4/21/1971 | See Source »

...Most of the pilots cannot afford to buy a plane, and renting them is not always easy. Outside of Lease-A-Plane, the aircraft-rental field is a crazy quilt of widely varying rates, generally casual maintenance and erratic availability of aircraft. Says Johnson, a moderately mod dresser who has the jut-jawed good looks favored in old Smilin' Jack cartoons: "We had to get away from the image of the guy in the leather jacket sitting around a potbelly stove at the airport. We wanted to streamline and standardize our operations so that the businessmen who used Hertz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EXECUTIVES: This Plane for Hire | 3/29/1971 | See Source »

...sharp dresser on the team, Owen, almost shocked his teammates by playing in long pants. Just before he got on the course, however, Cooch whipped off his trousers, revealing a lovely pair of pink shorts. "Cooch has about 20 pairs of shorts, but he likes to play in his pink ones." teammate Purdy said last night...

Author: By Martin R. Garay iii, | Title: Golf Team Nips Cornell for 7th Win | 4/27/1970 | See Source »

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