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...motivations are shared in milder form by all gamblers. Anthropologist Charlotte Olmsted, who made a study of the subject in Heads I Win, Tails You Lose, believes that "many male gamblers use gambling as a substitute for sex. This is why you see so much of it in lumber camps or among soldiers. It helps avoid a certain amount of fighting as well as homosexuality." A lot of people clearly play for fun or excitement, and only secondarily for the just-maybe chance of winning some money. As that great prophet of potluck, Nick the Greek, once said: "The next...
...university professor than a violinist - and there's the point. Borrowing a bit of academic fund-raising technique, the orchestra announced that it will establish 19 permanently endowed chairs, one for the principal player of each major instrument. Saslav's will be endowed by retired Minneapolis Lumber Executive Leonard G. Carpenter in honor of his late father, a founder of the orchestra. Minimum price tag for the plan, the first such for any U.S. orchestra: $500,000 for the concertmaster's chair, $250,000 for the others...
...that expansion, along with overseas plants in Costa Rica, Guatemala, the Philippines and Austria, and office-supply outlets in 17 states and Canada, has enabled Boise Cascade to escape the lumber industry's traditional dependence on construction for prosperity. Its sales (now 60% derived from pulp and paper) rose from $53 million a decade ago to $489 million in 1966, should reach $700 million this year. Profits grew from $2,000,000 in 1957 to $17 million last year...
...three rounds, while Nicklaus was shooting 71-67-72 and trying to get properly acquainted with his borrowed, white-painted putter, center stage belonged to a 23-year-old Texas amateur named Marty Fleckman. The son of a Port Arthur lumber dealer, Fleckman became the first amateur in 34 years to lead the Open after 54 holes when he fired 67-73-69 for a one-stroke margin over Nicklaus, Palmer and Billy Casper. Then out for the last round came the four contenders-and a physiognomist could have picked the winner. Fleckman was visibly nervous; Arnie was intent; Casper...
...local entrepreneurs, Taiwan's capital market is still pretty small. But there are several success stories. Y. C. Wang, 51, a Taiwan-born smalltime lumber dealer only a decade ago, now owns the Formosa Plastics Corp., which this year will do a $40 million business in such products as plastic sheeting and baby pants. T. S. Lin's Tatung Engineering Co. has a broad range of consumer goods: the Tatung brand is stamped on pressurized rice cookers, washing machines, fans, radios and, lately, television sets. Tjingling Yen and his wife Vivian, who holds a master's degree...