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A number of Hughes associates, notably Noah Dietrich and onetime Aide Ron Kistler, have written about their experiences. But they date from long before Hughes went into total isolation. Only Phelan's two sources shared Hughes' hidden years ?and broke the silence still maintained by the rest of the...
Margulis' main job was to prepare Hughes' food. But he also acted as his bodyguard and during the last three years, when Hughes was no longer able to walk, lifted him whenever he needed to be moved. It was Margulis who placed the emaciated Howard Hughes aboard the jet ambulance...
Neither Stewart nor Margulis was a member of the ultrasecret inner circle of so-called executive assistants. These six men, five of them Mormons, kept a 24-hour-a-day watch over Hughes and screened all his communications. According to Stewart and Margulis, the executive aides acted in effect as...
The effect of desegregation on the quality of education in the schools is, of course, more difficult to measure. Overall, 75% of the school superintendents responding to the survey say that the quality of education in their schools is unchanged, 15% say it has improved, and 10% note a deterioration...
Gift returns do not end with the after-Christmas rush; birthdays, anniversaries and weddings make it a year-round problem. One answer is the West Los Angeles Gift Exchange, dreamed up by Ted and Shirley Margulis. The Margulises have set up a trade center where everyone can swap what they got but don't want for what they do. They will accept practically anything, including Indian brassware and whirlpool baths (but not adults' clothing or initialed gifts). They check prices against a list of 150,000 items carried by local stores, give the customer a credit slip (subtracting...