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...sent incognito to two of Lessing's British publishers. Both rejected it without recognizing Lessing's touch. A third, remarking that the style bore a resemblance to Lessing's, agreed to publish the novel in Britain and was let in on the secret. But only Robert Gottlieb, editor in chief of Knopf and a close friend of Lessing's, recognized the real author at first glance when he was shown the manuscript by her agent in 1982. "As soon as I read it, I burst into laughter," he says, "because it was a voice that...
Businessman Barry Gottlieb, 34, is the scourge of preppiedom. First he designed a belly-up alligator that poked fun at the celebrated reptile on Izod Lacoste shirts. Its name: the Croc O' Shirt. Unamused, Izod Lacoste sued, and Gottlieb's Mad Dog Productions (1983 sales: $300,000) agreed to withdraw its parody pullovers. Mad Dog is again on the run. The satire this time is Ralph Lauren's polo-player insignia. Gottlieb's Horse Shirt shows the rider being dragged behind the horse. Lauren sued, and Gottlieb has again promised to halt sales. Said he last...
...past, the problem of a decline in voter participation has been examined mostly in piecemeal fashion," Kevin Gottlieb, Harvard's liason to ABC and the chief conference organizer, said yesterday. Gottlieb and others noted that the last major systematic review of voting procedures took place more than 20 years ago, before the onset of the drastic decline in turnout that reached a level of just more than half of eligible voters in the 1980 general elections...
President Reagan has not yet decided which of the two dinners he will attend though he has definitely accepted an invitation to speak Gottlieb said adding that Carter and Ford will speak at both dinners...
Former President Richard M. Nexon declined an invitation to the conference citing a conflicting engagement. Gottlieb added Still he noted the assemblage of chief executives will be the largest since Regan and the three former Presidents gathered last spring to celebrate the birthday of retired Admiral Hyman G. Rickover...