Word: realtor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...standing ovations from the public and hosannas from the stuffiest critics. The money for that European tour was raised largely by Symphony Board Chairman Louis Sudler, as part of a campaign to publicize the board's selection of Solti. That choice was made, says Sudler, a Chicago realtor, on the basis of "just what a good businessman would do. First you get the best possible product, then you let the world know that you have the best possible product." The first dividend was a homecoming parade in 1971, arranged for the entire orchestra. It was enthusiastically promoted by Mayor...
...Harold Willens, 58, calls himself "a dyed-in-the-wool capitalist." A wealthy Los Angeles realtor, he started out in utter poverty. "McGovern," says Willens, "is a man whose concerns are deeply human and deeply moral. As things are, we are putting our money where our myths are?like the myth of the domino theory?and we napalm little children and contravene the ideals for which this country was founded. We have lost our soul in Indochina, and this has created a fantastic crisis of confidence. People have lost faith in their Government, and the economy depends on confidence...
What do you say to someone who has cancer? The wrong thing, probably. Like most people confronted with a diagnosis that often amounts to a death sentence, Beverly Hills (Calif.) Realtor Fred Harris, 62, sank into despair when his doctors told him last February that he had inoperable cancer of both lungs. Nor did his friends help decrease his depression. Some, unsure as to how they should talk to Harris, avoided him; a few, mistakenly fearing contagion, forbade their children to go near him. Others overwhelmed him with solicitude. One friend, ignoring Harris' haggard appearance, insisted that he looked...
Slighted. The McGovernites have been curiously inattentive to some of their wealthiest potential backers. In California, Millionaire Max Palevsky, who has contributed $350,000 for the McGovern campaign so far, felt slighted that he was not named finance chairman. Some, like San Francisco Realtor Walter Shorenstein and Los Angeles Realtor Harold Willens, are cautiously waiting to see how McGovern's campaign shapes up before they commit their funds. Says Shorenstein: "Our system requires a growth economy. You have to have free enterprise and competition and a good business atmosphere. If we are going to inhibit opportunity with heavy taxes...
What about the buzz that Queen Elizabeth is most unhappy because Princess Anne, 21, is really serious about handsome London Realtor Richard Meade, 32, gold-medal-winning show jumper on Britain's Equestrian Team? "Silly gossip," pooh-poohed the palace spokesman. "He is numbered among her friends." No doubt about that. After British Show-Jumping Star Harvey Smith publicly remarked that European Horse Trial Champion Anne was "nowhere near Olympic standard," he got a fast telegram from Meade-not exactly challenging him to a duel, but offering to bet him $600 that he would beat Smith at the Badminton...