Word: manly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Davis' sons John, 35, and Gregg, 26, are his business partners. John says his father taught him to do his homework, then "trust your gut." Sometimes the big man means it literally. When Davis spotted a good investment in the Carnegie Deli, the venerable Manhattan restaurant featured in Woody Allen's Broadway Danny Rose, the financier struck a deal to open a Hollywood branch. The glitzy grand-opening party last month featured a 3-ft. plastic matzo ball being lowered into a vat of simulated chicken soup. Best of all, Davis can now order his favorite pastrami sandwiches at poolside...
...people who are suffering. I really care about what happens to people, and when I first began to read those letters, it was an eye-opener. I came from a very solid Midwestern Jewish home. You see, I led a very sheltered life. I had never seen a man hit his wife. I had never seen any drunkenness. I had never seen any poverty. I knew these things were happening, but they never happened to me. The mail grew me up in a hurry...
...right on. They say you can judge a man's value by his enemies. I have an interesting assortment. The National Rifle Association, pro-lifers, the animal-rights people. For years I have fought to abolish Saturday-night specials and those cop-killing bullets that explode on impact. I have taken a strong stand against the church or state telling women what they can and cannot do with their bodies. We need animal models ((for experiments)), and I've been fighting this battle for years. It gets tougher and tougher. The animal-rights people are powerful and rich...
...Well, I have to tell you. This may sound terribly selfish, but I love the freedom that I have. I don't have to worry about anybody but myself. I don't have to worry about a man's wardrobe, or his relatives, or his schedule, or his menu, or his allergies. I would not be married again...
...Right. Since I've been divorced, there has always been a man in my life. I enjoy male company enormously, but I like to keep my personal life private, and I've succeeded in doing just that. But I cannot imagine my life without a man. I think when I'm 90 I'll still have a fella...