Word: host
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shake off those summer doldrums. It's premiere week, and the networks offer a host of new programs for the fall season...
...bond salesmen into twelve species. They include Legatus Caelestis, or Messenger from Mount Olympus, who "brings you eternal verities from on high (his firm's research department) "; Garrulus Defatigare, or Sophisticate, who bears "a bored air of nonchalance and yards of bond gossip"; and Hospes Hospitalis, or Jovial Host, who "will be anxious to have you share his innocent amusements. Handle this one with unusual caution...
...opportunity than of money." Opportunity, of course, usually beckons most strongly to those who consider themselves stymied in No. 2 jobs. A notable example is Litton Industries. With Chairman Charles B. ("Tex") Thornton, 55, and President Roy Ash, 49, showing no signs of yielding control, Litton has spawned a host of chief executives for other companies, including such "Lidos" (for Litton Industries dropouts) as Western Union's Russell McFall and City Investing Co.'s George Scharffenberger...
...scene is generally sedate, but things can get out of hand when customers develop what Manager Inoue calls "a more than routine attachment to some of our boys." One lady arrived to find her favorite host with another client. She promptly belted down half a bottle of whiskey, demanded a duel with her rival-and found herself quickly shown the door. Another, similarly offended, poured herself a large sake and made local history by shredding her kimono on the spot...
...hosts, generally in their twenties, have varied backgrounds: one hopes to be a graphic designer, another once taught ballroom dancing, a third studies by day for his Ph.D. Each must sign a pledge agreeing, among other things, not to unbutton his jacket or dance slower than the beat of the music. To Ryuji Kami jo, 27. a much sought after host at the Club Tokyo, the life of a male geisha is not all sake and cherry blossoms. Of the customers, he sighs: "One moment, they are full of sunshine, then the next, full of thunderstorms...