Word: entrepreneur
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with speed, elegance, wall-to-wall raunch and a flaky, sidewise wit. Meat Loaf plays Travis W. Redfish, a north Texas naif with the soul of Candide and the hands of an expert mechanic. He hooks up as the "roadie" (bus driver and equipment manager) for a sleazy rock entrepreneur and falls immediately in love with Lola Bouilliabase (Kaki Hunter), a snaggletoothed, anorectic groupie whose mission in life is to sleep with Alice Cooper. "Isn't she one of Charlie's Angels?" asks Travis. Says Lola: "I can't believe you never heard of Alice Cooper...
...gray suit was not Michael Schwartz but the jumpsuited prisoner, Howard ("Buddy") Jacobson, 49, successful horse trainer, real estate entrepreneur and convicted murderer. The man he left behind turned out not to be Michael Schwartz either, but Anthony DeRosa, 47, onetime bartender and a longtime pal of Jacobson's. When DeRosa himself tried to leave the prison, a guard asked him where his "client" had gone. Only then did prison officials belatedly sound the alert...
Billionaire Daniel K. Ludwig, 82, views publicity as did Howard Hughes: less is more, none is bliss. Thus Johns Hopkins University was uncertain last week whether the legendary shipowner-entrepreneur would show up for an honorary degree. Lo and behold, he did. Photographers naturally focused on the new doctor of humane letters in his gold robe and white hood. "You've never had this many pictures taken in your life, have you?" joshed President Steven Muller. "Not willingly," grumbled the last tycoon. "But now I think I kinda like...
Despite its success in the Midwest and the Southwestern Oil Patch, Chiles' message does not seem to travel well. During a test of the radio spots in Manchester, N.H., residents said they were "irritated" by his Texas accent. Nonetheless, the tough, salty entrepreneur is preparing to expand his broadcast broadsides. On the horizon: a TV campaign now being tried out in Tucson, Oklahoma City and Florence, S.C. Chiles has toned down his language a bit for the medium, but there is no mistaking the wail of Mad Eddie...
...have to be careful to make sure this healing is not just available to the middle class. When I set up the healing center, one day a week will be a free clinic for those who can't afford to pay. I'm just a struggling New Age entrepreneur myself...