Word: frisco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hollywood's biggest late '30s and early '40s movie box-office draws; in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Faye starred in Tinseltown's popular and lucrative cookie-cutter musicals and, with her distinctive contralto, introduced several songs that became pop standards, notably You'll Never Know in Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943). She was one of Irving Berlin's favorite singers. In 1945 she left her film career after Betty Grable supplanted her as Hollywood's favorite musical-comedy actress...
...Lebanese emigrants, Slim first built a stake as a stockbroker in the 1960s before moving into insurance. His big opportunity came during Mexico's economic collapse of the early 1980s, when he snapped up cigarette manufacturer Cigatam, as well as Sanborns, the cafe and convenience-store chain, and Frisco, a mining company. Through Grupo Carso, Slim now controls 30 companies worth more than $7.2 billion. Critics aside, he is considered to be a passionate Mexican nationalist--and a fierce competitor. Yanquis, take note...