Word: kaufmans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Green bore a bulky resemblance to George S. Kaufman, and he could be almost as funny, talking in an original staccato shorthand. Broadway legend has it that when he wanted a friend to give him a phone call, he would say: "Gimme a quick Ameche one of these days," referring to Don Ameche's bio-pic of Alexander Graham Bell. Canceling a meeting: "Can't meet you today -unforch...
Leonhard, now 33 and himself remarried, doggedly went to federal court to get an order requiring Kennelly to stop denying him his right to raise the children. But Judge Irving Kaufman, writing for a unanimous three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, sadly turned Leonhard down. Resolving the competing interest of Leonhard's claim and the children's safety, said the judge, would take "the wisdom of Solomon," but the suit was only concerned with Attorney Kennelly. He had acted "in good faith" to protect the children's lives, said Kaufman...
...Pledge of Allegiance has been less controversial. Indeed, so many children-and parents-pronounced it meaningless that last November a U.S. court of appeals ruled against those who would make it compulsory in schools. In a widely discussed opinion, Judge Irving R. Kaufman wrote: "Patriotism that is forced is a false patriotism, just as loyalty that is coerced is the very antithesis of loyalty...
...Satire," in the immortal phrase of George S. Kaufman, "is what closes on Saturday night." With only a change in Sabbath eve, that maxim about the low box-office appeal of satire applies as much in Israel as anywhere else. But the reason isn't always audience apathy. A satirical revue called Jesus, As Seen by His Friends-a fairly savage commentary on Israel's government establishment by Playwright Amos Kenan-lasted for only seven performances before it was closed down by Levi Guery, the official government censor. Guery explained that he found the revue "offensive to another...
...good business reasons. "In the long run," says Haywood Elliott, president of the lending institution of Sutro Mortgage Investment Trust, "the development that gives a place to beauty and pleasant environment certainly enhances the value of a project." Barbara Sayre Casey, vice president of the home-building firm of Kaufman & Broad, adds: "Every builder is now in the same position. If you did an environmentally sound job that cost you more, you were penalized. Someone could go across the street, do a cheap job and undersell...