Word: raiser
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bagleys are not close chums of the President-he showed up at their house for a fund raiser during the campaign and rented their estate on St. Simons Island, Ga., for two post-election vacations. Nonetheless, Vicki claims a "political friendship" and plans to work on it. "It's very exciting," she says. "You're meeting at night with people who have made history during the day." She may have a few formal dinners but prefers a more casual style: "With Carter in the White House, it will be more acceptable...
...Died. Gustave L. Levy, 66, Wall Street wizard, philanthropist and G.O.P. fund raiser; following a stroke; in Manhattan. Born in New Orleans, Levy started work in New York City at 17 as a runner for a brokerage company. He joined the investment banking firm of Goldman Sachs & Co. (current assets: $1.2 billion) in 1933 and became a partner in 1945. Beneficiaries of Levy's charity included Manhattan's Y.M.H.A., where he had left an unpaid bill of $2 during the Depression...
David Greenwald, 64, a fund raiser for philanthropic institutions in Manhattan, said withholding his vote was the most effective way for him to pass judgment on the candidates. "I'm expressing an opinion," he added. "I'm stating that both...
...latest flare-up involves Asher Yadlin, whom Rabin recently picked to be governor of the Bank of Israel, the country's No. 2 financial post. A gambling buff (he favors the Las Vegas roulette table) with an eye for pretty women, Yadlin is also a major fund raiser for the Labor Party; since 1973, he has headed Israel's huge Kupat Holim health-insurance program. Yadlin was arrested in mid-October and is now being held by the police under suspicion of corruption and tax fraud. Rabin has withdrawn the Yadlin nomination, naming instead Arnon Gafny, director general...
Three years ago Cooperman decided that she could no longer tolerate the word man in her surname because of its sexist connotations. So she began using the name Cooperperson in her business and private life, explaining that it served as "a consciousness raiser." Soon friends were calling Ellen, who is divorced, and her child Brian (a nine-year-old male person) the Cooperpeople. But when her bank and credit-card companies steadfastly refused to list her as Cooperperson because it was not her legal name, she went to court to legitimize her name change. Her petition stated that Cooperperson "more...