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...passion. He also wanted isolation from the bacteria-filled world. Hughes was obsessed by a fear of contamination from other humans. Secretaries who typed memos that were to go to Hughes were ordered to wear white gloves while hunting and pecking. Whenever Hughes was lifted, he would place a Kleenex???"insulation," he called it?on the palm of the right hand with which he gripped the person who carried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TYCOONS: The Secret Life of Howard Hughes | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

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