Word: knapp
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Among the frostbiters are some of the greatest sailors in the U.S. Perennial winner is 53-year-old Arthur Knapp Jr., a Manhattan stockbroker who has won more ocean races than he can remember, skippered the America's Cup candidate Weatherly two years ago. In the dinghy next him may be George Hinman, commodore of the New York Yacht Club; Bus Mosbacher, helmsman of Vim and one of sailing's best young skippers; or Cornelius ("Glit") Shields Jr., whose celebrated sailor father suffered a heart attack while frostbiting at the age of 61 four years ago. Fact...
...holding company, Alleghany Corp. controls a stock empire whose assets include 20% and working control of the giant New York Central Railroad, 50% of Missouri Pacific Class B stock. 18% of Webb & Knapp real estate firm, plus 24% of the voting stock in Investors Diversified Services, an investment trust worth close to $3 billion. All told, Alleghany's assets amount to $134 million, and they are enough to give any group of managers all the leverage they need to wheel and deal. But last week Alleghany's wheeler-dealers were laid low by a small stockholder...