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...were the archetypical tycoon, when, actually, even more grotesque immorality founded thousands of American fortunes in these same years--Horatio Alger and Benjamin Franklin notwithstanding. Halberstam goes on (and on) to maintain that the Chandlers "in effect invented" Southern California, just like their political hired-gun/reporter Kyle Palmer invented Richard Nixon in the late 1940s, just like the Times's protective coverage of Nixon made him the paranoid schizo he turned...
...that authentic ring, and puts it in quotes. It would have been just as easy to check A.J. Leibling's Earl of Louisiana (1961), in the chapter "Henry Luce's Shoestore," to get the quote right. In another case, 100 pages after Halberstam has convinced the reader that Kyle Palmer was the Chandlers' right hand in matters political, he reveals that Norman Chandler refused Palmer a pension when the latter was retired and destitute. Either Palmer wasn't as powerful as Halberstam makes out, or there was more to the Chandler/Palmer relationship than Halberstam would have us believe...
Henley's first-place finish insures him an invitation to the NCAA Tournament as an individual participant. The tourney will be hosted this year by perennial big-time power Wake Forest, which boasts Arnold Palmer and a score of slightly less illustrious touring pros as alumni...
...Lilli Palmer, actress turned successful author (The Red Raven), on her new writing career: "It's very nice to discover halfway through your life something you really want to do, instead of sitting home playing mother or worrying about your figure...
After a particularly frustrating point during his three-set loss to Harvard's Scott Walker yesterday at Palmer-Dixon, Brown's Phil Diaz yelled a self-deprecating "Turkey" at the top of his lungs. By the end of the match Diaz and his Bruin teammates were stuffed as big as a Thanksgiving capon by the Crimson who trounced them...