Word: flair
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...medium, one a shoo-in-and all worth the price. The odds are still unpredictable. Objective as they try to be, admissions men are still partly subjective. One may like redheaded girls, another tall boys from Texas. Many will gamble on a youngster with poor marks but some special flair that can liven a college. But willingness to look hard, and travel far, usually pays off in acceptance by at least one college of the student's choice...
...gets credit for the Caravelle, and for turning Sud-Aviation into France's biggest planemaker (22,000 employees), is Georges Hereil, 50, a bluff, breezy businessman who operates his nationalized company with a free-enterprising flair. "Private or public company," says Hereil, "I've got the same philosophy -to make money for our shareholders." When Hereil took over in 1946, he knew little about planes beyond how to fasten the seat belt. He had started out as a liquidator of ailing companies, by World War II had dealt with 800 sick businesses ranging from a concert hall...
...Rodgers' mild annoyance, sportswriters constantly refer to him as "a second Cousy." His set shot is still no match for Cousy's, and he lacks the great man's supremely confident flair. But Cousy is seven years older. It seems only a matter of time before Philadelphia's Guy Rodgers becomes the game's finest ball handler, second to nobody...