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...Avery Fisher Hall. They gathered to honor a self-conscious "publishing event": a 616-page special issue of Esquire, hailing "50 Americans who made the difference." In attendance were some of the issue's glittery contributors, including Norman Mailer, William Whittle and Kurt Vonnegut back subjects, Polio Vaccine Pioneer Dr. Jonas Salk, Boxer Muhammad Ali, Pollster George Gallup and Feminist Betty Friedan. Perhaps the central figures, however, were Phillip Moffitt, 37, and Christopher Whittle, 36, the Tennesseans who bought out investors including then Editor Clay Felker for a reported $3.5 million in 1979, when Esquire was losing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Esquire at Mid-Century | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

Manager Paul Keeler said "I was not able to be a pioneer" in providing a wage increase, explaining that. "In the industry, just about everyone pays the minimum wage. This was a compromise that worked out fine...

Author: By Adam H. Gorfain, | Title: Restaurant Employees Return After Settlement Ends Lockout | 11/9/1983 | See Source »

...pioneer in cubism, Juan Gris had a split vision of reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World of Fantasy and Analysis | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

...Harvard appears to differ little from other schools of architecture around the country. For despite the award-winning design drawn up by architect John Andrews (a 1958 GSD graduate), Gund Hall has fallen victim to a problem faced by a number similar structures around the country--the so-called "pioneer syndrome...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: The School of Design's New Design | 11/2/1983 | See Source »

...other recipients were Lucy S. Howorth, a Mississippi lawyer and women's rights advocate, Esther Peterson, a well-known consumer rights advocate, and Dr. Helen B. Taussig, '21, a pioneer in pediatric cardiology...

Author: By Jennifer A. Kingson, | Title: Schlesinger Library Presents Nine Awards For Achievement | 10/29/1983 | See Source »

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