Word: movingness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Born in Brooklyn to Russian immigrants, Geffen showed no taste for academics. At New Utrecht High School, where his senior yearbook predicted he would be a dentist, Geffen finished in the bottom tenth of his class. But he was inspired by business, an interest nurtured partly by his mother's...
Geffen wasted no time moving back into show business. In 1981 he started Geffen Records under an arrangement in which Warner Communications financed the fledgling company and distributed its products. As Geffen launched his second career, his colleagues noticed a difference. Says Mo Ostin, chairman of Warner Bros. Records: "David...
On a sunny day in October, Kimi Gray was handed a gold key in a celebration marking the first time in U.S. history that public-housing residents could become the owners of their homes. To her, it was an occasion rich with meaning. "Poor people," she says, "are allowed the...
Kenilworth-Parkside is a hub of activity. The grounds are clean and graffiti-free, and more than 100 residents work in businesses created by Gray's management corporation. These include the day-care center, a barber and beauty shop, a moving company and a construction-managemen t firm. Gray's...
All three will play vital roles for the Crimson this year and in the future. Each one is steadily moving up the ladder.