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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wealthy philanthropist, former congressmen, and close friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880, Littauer hoped to establish a school to provide training in a "broad way for public service...
...understanding -- in which she complained mildly about her old eyeglasses and her need for dental work -- is not surprised by the burst of sympathy. Jaynes first read her missive last July, after it was passed along to him by Senior Writer Frank Trippett, who received a copy from a friend at a North Carolina newspaper. "I was about halfway through reading it when I started crying," recalls Jaynes. "I thought, if I'm crying, this letter should reach daylight." His instincts proved correct. "Margie's words, as eloquent as they were, brought about a storm of response," he says...
...greatest achievement so far. The return of our freedom, especially freedom of expression and freedom from fear. A close friend pointed out to me that nobody seems afraid of me. This is so unlike the previous regime, when so many people were afraid of former President Marcos. And there is also the restoration of credibility in our government...
...wildly unpopular and shuns anything that is remotely in vogue. "I'm always looking for companies that have real value," he says, "companies that we would be proud to own." Says E. John Rosenwald, an executive at Bear Stearns, a New York brokerage firm, and a Tisch family friend: "He's not a herd follower." Last year, for example, Tisch bought seven oil supertankers for a fraction of what it would have cost to build them. He is betting that the distressed oil industry will eventually rebound. Tisch is self-deprecating about his financial ability. "I've been lucky...
...wealthy philanthropist, former congressmen, and close friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880, Littauer hoped to establish a school to provide training in a "broad way for public service...