Word: quits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Britain, the name of Harold Bamberg has always figured on any list of up-by-the-bootstraps businessmen. He quit school at 17, joined the wartime R.A.F. and rose to the position of sergeantpilot. Later he acquired two old Halifax bombers, won some contracts to haul freight during the Berlin blockade, and went on to build an airline. Bamberg became a sterling millionaire. He played polo with Prince Philip at Windsor Great Park, traveled between country manor and luxury London flat in a chauffeured Rolls fitted with telephone, dictating machine and the license plate "H.B. 100." When asked...
...social reforms. As a result, in May's general election, the Socialists lost one-quarter of their votes to the extreme left. The Communists gained 800,000 votes, while the Christian Democrats gained slightly. Even President Giuseppe Saragat expressed pique at the losses, and the party decided to quit the government. Saragat quickly wished he could have an instant replay of that decision. It became obvious that outside the government, the Socialists were going to lose all voice and influence on national policy -not to mention those comfortable Cabinet jobs...
...reliable themselves. On the eve of the annual party congress, Giovanni Leone, the Neapolitan lawyer who had guided the minority government during the five months since the election, abruptly handed in his resignation. He figured that his fellow Christian Democrats were going to fire him, so he quit. In rapid succession, Mariano Rumor, the Christian Democratic party secretary, resigned his post, and Aldo Moro, who held the job of Premier during the five years of the center-left coalition, surprised everyone by suddenly withdrawing his supporters from the majority group that rules the party. The country could only wait until...
...people have been rude about Hector Berlioz," says English Conductor Colin Davis, and he wishes they would quit. Alas, poor Berlioz has suffered more than his share. In 1829, when he was 25, he submitted his passionately theatrical piece for soprano and orchestra, Cléopâtre, to the Prix de Rome committee. It was rejected with a scolding from one of the judges, who said, "You refuse to write like everybody else. Even your rhythms are new. You would invent new modulations if such a thing were possible." The story goes that when Gioachino Rossini was shown Berlioz...
...University of Southern California law school in 1940. He learned the business at Coast Federal Savings, an aggressive competitor for consumers' savings, and made his mark by helping Glendale Federal S&L grow from a $23 million midget to a $450 million leader in its industry. He quit as president of Glendale Federal in 1962 over policy disputes with the association's founder-chairman, but within hours was hired as president of Los Angeles' First Charter Financial Corp., now the nation's largest publicly owned S&L holding company...