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...while he was bombing in show business, Lemongello was succeeding in a lot of other fields. In Islip, he turned an egg-selling job into a distributorship, using the profits to invest in some gas stations, which he then swapped for a chain of coin-operated laundries. He was moving into land speculation and home building when he told the local Islip banker who was financing his housing deals about his moribund career as a crooner. The banker gave him an idea: If he could sell eggs and laundries and houses, why not himself...
...Grey and Minelli loom over Mather's Cabaret, and Don Martocchio and Katie Spillars have evolved different strategies for dealing with them. Martocchio plunges into the part of the Emcee much as Grey did--leering, bawdy gestures, demonic glee and all--but his supple body and fine voice invest his performance with a flair...
...government is opposed to curbs on imports, believing quite rightly that they would only provoke retaliation by other nations and choke off any chance that Britain has of an export-led recovery. Healey also wants to loosen rather than tighten price controls to give British industry sufficient profits to invest more heavily in badly needed new plants...
...tell if Greenwood's advice on energy will be heeded, but there is at least one indication that the country intends to pick up its pace where science is concerned. The Ford Administration recently increased the U.S. research and development budget by 11%, which means the country will invest $24.7 billion in science...
Evidently, the Hughes relatives appreciated the importance of keeping the empire operating smoothly until there is a final settlement. Indeed, if ever an empire cried out for effective management, it is Hughes'. A patchwork business, it was haphazardly acquired, often when Hughes was in a rush to invest company earnings that he would otherwise have been forced to pay himself as highly taxable profits...