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...with considerable disappointment that we read your attack upon an established industry ["That Xmas Loot-Santa Brings More Headaches Than Cheer"]. What a man does in his business is actually his own business, but when he tells a thousand of his suppliers that his people may not accept Christmas gifts, then he is using the boycott...
...doubt. To his surprise, he begins to find newborn sympathies with slaves and common folk. The old Greek gods have become objects of scorn, and what started as a mindless search for adventure has now become a journey of selfdiscovery. In Egypt he and his pals thieve and loot, fight against the depraved rulers and finally lead a ragged army to the headwaters of the Nile. There Odysseus builds a Utopian city-state in which marriage is outlawed, children are held in common, and the old and weak are left to die. At first all goes well under Odysseus...
...gifts on expectant customers, fellow executives, public officials, newspaper editors and anyone else who creeps onto his list. The list has grown so long that today the Santas-in-pin-stripes spend something like $1 billion on yuletide cheer: $300 million for liquor, the rest for a stockingful of loot ranging from $2.50 puddings to $2,500 pianos. The giving is not necessarily due to an excess of Christmas spirit; businessmen simply think that they must. As Denver Radio Station Owner Gene Amole says: "Giving business Christmas presents is like drinking at lunch. Nobody wants to, but everyone...
THAR CHRISTMAS LOOT...
Light Enough, Back to Methuselah), reasoning that "you don't always do everything for loot, do you?" His marriages were as varied as his screen credits. No. 1: French Actress Annabella (Suzanne Charpentier). No. 2: Mexican-born Cinemango Linda Christian, who charged Power $1,000,000 for his freedom in 1955. No. 3: Deborah Moatgomery Minardos, 26, of Mississippi, who expects their child in February...