Word: good
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...acceptance of unions at Dagenham during World War II. At 61, he lives with his wife in the same small semidetached villa near London Airport he has had for more than 30 years. Though his salary is less than princely ($9,240), he has managed to assemble a good collection of paintings and sculpture...
Appraisals of the program's success are as varied as the emotions it stirred up. Says James Hawkins, principal of an elementary school: "It did some good if it did nothing more than develop some awareness." Sonya Friedman, a clinical psychologist who served as a group leader, notes that some younger teachers "showed signs of coming around," but that older ones had difficulty changing their ways. She also complains that the give and take was all one way: blacks lashing out at whites, and whites taking it. "There was no cry the whites could make that the blacks could...
...world where indolence, inefficiency and fiscal fecklessness are the rule, Graham is a nonpareil. He has grown rich by knowing what is good, and hiring the best talent he can get. He provides his performers with the best equipment and facilities, and expects them to be good. If they are not - even though most of the audience may not know the difference - Graham simply stops booking them, regardless of how well they draw. The result is that Graham's two Fillmores are the places where the top talent wants to be heard - and the rock world grudgingly knows that...
Well he might. Each of his Fillmores is worth $3,000-$5,000 net profit to him on a good weekend-a fact that stirs articulate contempt from the unworldly dreamers of the rock scene. "Moneygrubber" is one of the milder epithets they lay on Bill Graham...
...benefits he has staged for various causes, ranging from the People's Park Bail Fund to the Episcopal Church. He has also made numerous interest-free loans to musicians and he gives intense loyalty to those who work for him. "If I have an act I think is good but that hasn't made it yet," he says, "I put it on a bill with the Who or the Jefferson Airplane. This approach to my business has gotten me a good reputation nationwide, but here in San Francisco the kids say: 'We love the music...