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...herpes patient who believes in frankness is Paul Morris, 33, a fan-belt salesman in Houston. He caught herpes in 1976. Dr. A. a general practitioner, said it was syphilis or gonorrhea. Dr. B. a dermatologist, thought it was an unknown skin ailment, and Dr. C. a specialist in infectious diseases, could not identify it but was positive it was not herpes. Only Dr. D. an old friend, had the wit to take a culture that showed the problem was herpes. When Morris informed the woman who gave it to him, she brushed it off with "No big deal." Morris...
...section of the act deals with, among other things, the passing on of secret codes or documents to a potential enemy. A Russian-language specialist, Prime had worked at GCHQ from 1968 to 1977. He then left voluntarily and subsequently held jobs as a taxi driver and a wine salesman in the town of Cheltenham. At the time of his charging a fortnight ago, he was unemployed. His trial is scheduled to begin in November...
...sexual, social and financial. Has he not promised his father to keep the family together? Does he not search endlessly to find husbands for the dark-skinned sisters? Where, then, is his free time? How can his soul soar? Still, even with these burdens, the $40-a-week rug salesman (with a shoeshine parlor on the side) manages to realize a few grandiose immigrant dreams. With his employer, the mysterious, immensely rich Mr. Fernand Sarrafian, senior partner of the Sarrafian Brothers carpet empire, Stavros investigates new worlds, from race tracks to brownstone bacchanals...
...Gross, 77, president, then chairman of Lockheed Aircraft Corp. from 1956 to 1967, who turned the struggling company into a leviathan; of gunshot wounds during a break-in by intruders who also shot his wife and a live-in housekeeper; at their mansion in Villanova, Pa. Originally a salesman, Gross entered Lockheed in 1932 when his older brother Robert and partners bought control of a company then in receivership. Under Gross, Lockheed diversified, building satellites, Poseidon missiles and ships in addition to supersonic airplanes. During one astounding four-year burst in the early 1960s, he nearly doubled Lockheed...
...moment, interactive programs are being used or developed at Atari (the disc acts as an indefatigable salesman in the showroom); IBM; Sears, Roebuck (Looking for a gingham dress? You can find it on their videodisc catalogue); General Motors; the Smithsonian Institution; Walt Disney Productions; Xerox; and the National Gallery of Art (recording 16,000 works of art for scholarly delectation). As a teaching tool for schools, industry and museums, the interactive videodisc has an assured place...