Word: mogul
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...Lincoln-appointed board members had any background in the visual arts. Never had a collection of such quality been controlled by such a quintet of aesthetic ignoramuses. To help in its deliberations, the board appointed an advisory committee. Its honorary chairman was the publishing mogul and collector Walter Annenberg. It included several museum professionals and one art dealer, Richard Feigen...
...this. At 31, after bustling triumphs on stage (Hamlet), in films (Henry V ) and on TV (Fortunes of War), he is still a young man in a hurry. His ambition is the best thing about him. Having directed the box-office success Dead Again, he confidently grabs some mogul by the Armani lapels and says, Mickey-and-Judy style, Let's put the Bard on right now! And put lots of pretty young people in it. Even Americans -- they can learn their lines phonetically. And we'll photograph them in loving slow-mo while they bathe naked. This...
Close reading of the Citibank ad tells the tale. But if my friend the Wall Street mogul didn't get it, how many widows and orphans will...
Anyone who thinks interactive television will change the world (and entertainment mogul Barry Diller recently bought into a video shopping network on just this premise) must regard the Home Shopping Network with some awe. It was the first major firm to take orders over the phone while selling its products on TV, and when it debuted on cable in 1982 it was an instant and wild success. The company has faltered in recent years, however, and now faces problems much worse than business reversals...
SHOW BUSINESS: The Ultimate Mogul...