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Maury's moods in print reflect the influence of the late Joseph Patterson, the News' irascible founder. Patterson hired Maury in 1926 out of Butte, Mont., where Maury had been mixing freelance writing with a law practice. Maury won a Pulitzer Prize for editorials in 1940. At the same time he was moonlighting, writing Collier's editorials that often took an opposite, liberal point of view. Maury's explanation: "An editorial writer is like a lawyer or a public relations man: his job is to make the best possible case for his client...
Frederick Mont sells mostly European old masters mostly to U.S. museums; he was chosen as sole agent by the Prince of Liechtenstein for the sale of masterpieces from his collection. Mathias Komor, 61, comes from a family that has dealt in Chinese antiquities for 100 years. "A private dealer used to be terribly old or terribly rich, but now there are more younger people in the field," says Robert Osborne, 40, whose main interest is early Italian paintings...
...CHRISTENSEN Philipsburg, Mont...
Cecil Garland, a former Las Vegas croupier who now runs a general store in Lincoln. Mont.: "For too many people, the ideal vacation has been determined by how much scenery they could see blurred across their car's windshield. Now more people are looking simply for a quiet, soul-healing, unwinding experience. They are not looking for the super-duper deal anymore. People are beginning to appreciate their natural resources more. The wilderness has a way of making friends for itself...
...start in 1961 in Billings, Mont., when local citizens realized that thousands of travelers would be stopping off on their way to the Seattle World's Fair. To land some of that business for the town's merchants...