Word: mcgraw
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Board Director James Aljian ($1.8 million). Two of Mobil Corp.'s top executives were also in the millionaires' club: Chairman Rawleigh Warner Jr. ($4.3 million) and President William Tavoulareas ($2.3 million). The fourth top earner was Richard Vieser, executive vice president of the electrical equipment manufacturer McGraw-Edison ($2.6 million...
...claiming to be more informed than I am," McGraw says after failing to explain VISTA's functions to yet another interviewer. This was suposed to be a "day of education" for her, but somehow she ended up going straight to work, traipsing from TV station to TV station, interviewer to interviewer. Every chance she gets she tries to get educated, sitting there listening, head tilted, lips pursed, trying to understand...
...McGraw splits her time between the waves at Malibu and the concrete canyons of New York, where she "must be because I need it culturally and spiritually." This is the still of People magazine, but she hesitates to dish it out. A Newsweek "newsmaker" reporter presses McGraw on her future plans. She smiles and dodges the question. Her average day? There is none. When the reporter continues to lunge for the definitive statement, the quotable quote, McGraw smiles and whispers, "I'm just living my life now." Her earnestness is infectious and everyone smiles. In fact, McGraw leaves a trail...
...McGraw's silver screen appeal doesn't thrill the VISTA people, who wish she and reporters would stick to the issue--their promo campaign. Their prayers are answered when the van pulls off the highway in the South End and parks in front of a VISTA-run refuge for battered women. Tabankin is here to find out how well the VISTA program is working. McGraw is here to learn. As reporters look on, she speaks with the organizer of the home for a few minutes, and the first time she raises her voice above a whisper...
...home are unmoved. The VISTA volunteers calmly ask all the men to leave (except the filmmakers) and begin their scheduled discussion on battered women. A battered wife speaks for some time, describing her experiences. Her account is followed by several others. All these women have been beaten, McGraw realizes, horror slowly registering on her Pacific-tanned face as she discretely twists her necklace around so the diamond doesn't show...