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Bing was a gifted fund raiser, but not much of a collective bargainer; still his act will be tough to follow. Although criticized for his arrogance and for the woefully uneven quality of Met productions, he undeniably brought the company back from the edge of artistic bankruptcy and vanishing prestige to which it had fallen under the regime of the late Edward Johnson. By the time Bing quits, he will have lasted 22 seasons−longer than any other general manager except Giulio Gatti-Casazza (1908-35). But if charm counts for anything, and it certainly does among the matrons...
...expense of the more perfunctory duties of juggling budgets and smoothing out the administrative wrinkles. "You wouldn't characterize him as an efficiency expert," one colleague said. "He fits the mold of the dean as a teacher rather than the dean as a manager, or a fund-raiser, or administrative wizard. He's basically an educational philosopher and a humanist...
Cooper is somewhat of a surprise addition in light of his limited administrative experience. but he was an effective fund-raiser for both Kennedy and Humphrey...
Amid the lavish Orientalia of Anna Chennault's penthouse at Watergate, the talk is hearty, hawkish and very Republican indeed. Mrs. Chennault, the petite Chinese-born widow of General Claire Chennault of the World War II Flying Tigers, was a major money raiser for Nixon's 1968 campaign, and the hard core of her guest list includes some of the top members of the Administration. Her parties are also frequently attended by visitors from Asia, where her connections are said to be excellent?particularly in Saigon. Just before Nixon's election, in fact, she was accused of trying to sabotage...
...faces in the line-up were familiar, but two seemed strangely out of place. Democratic Rooters Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin joined oldtime Republicans Bob Hope and John Wayne in a $125-a-head fund-raiser on behalf of California Governor Ronald Reagan's campaign for reelection. Before 900 appreciative guests, Sinatra and Martin sang and made themselves available as targets for one-liners in which Sinatra's difficulties with the law seemed to figure prominently. "Ronnie is thrilled to have Frank in his camp," said Hope, "but he wishes they'd stop calling him the Godfather...