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...better with the masses than with the leadership," says Holman of the National Urban Coalition. Wherever he goes he attracts enthusiastic crowds, rousing them, inspiring them and drawing them into his quest. "I feel it is important that he run," says Richard Branch, 30, an Atlanta real estate salesman. "I don't think he can win, but that's not the issue...
...model autos made a huge hit with buyers. By the end of the first model year, 1.1 million of the economical front-wheel-drive cars were sold under the names Chevrolet Citation, Pontiac Phoenix, Oldsmobile Omega and Buick Skylark. The X-cars, however, turned out to be less a salesman's dream than a mechanic's nightmare. Since they initially appeared in showrooms, they have been subjected to ten recalls, involving 967,603 vehicles (some were recalled more than once) for defects ranging from faulty fuel-tank clamps to cracked steering gears...
...apparently of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the progressive neuromuscular disorder often called Lou Gehrig's disease; at Château-d'Oex, Switzerland. A Sandhurst graduate and veteran of four years with the Highland Light Infantry, Niven resigned his commission in 1932 and became a New York liquor salesman. Influential acquaintances lured him to Hollywood, where he signed a seven-year contract with Movie Mogul Sam Goldwyn, despite having almost no acting experience. Niven served with distinction as a British commando officer in World War II, returned to star in more than 60 films, including Around the World...
Starting with the firm straight out of the University of Chicago School of Business in 1949 as a salesman in Jefferson City, Opel was soon being shifted around with dizzying frequency; he has held 19 different jobs. His career picked up fast in 1959, when he was chosen to be an administrative assistant to Thomas Watson Jr., then president, for one year. Following that, Opel began serving in a wide variety of posts, ranging from manufacturing to press relations...
...Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood: "The rags stuffed against drafts. The doctor's bills. The gas. The bare tires. The lottery tickets. The part-time jobs. The patches. The cutting back. The cold. The stove. The wood. The goddamn wood." John Updike's The City follows Computer Salesman Bob Carson's readjustment after an appendectomy: he was "trying to take again into himself the miracle of the world, programming himself." The aged farmer of William F. Van Wert's poetic Putting & Gardening discovers peace without change. On a Florida golf course his son observes him "on hands...