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Founded two years ago by John Schein, a traveling nuts-and-bolts salesman from Oshkosh, Wis., Tippers International now claims 2,700 members in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada. "I think tipping is a way of life," says Schein, 63, "but I think we have to control it a bit." Schein's control takes the form of blue and yellow report cards that members skewer with a monogrammed T.I. toothpick and leave with (or instead of) their tip. A blue card compliments the service and food. A yellow card contains a check list of complaints: service, quality...
...there. His birthplace was Omaha, where his mother Dorothy lived with her first husband, Leslie King, a wool trader. Ford was christened Leslie King Jr. Two years later, the marriage broke up, and mother and child returned to Grand Rapids. In 1916, Dorothy married Gerald R. Ford, a paint salesman, who adopted young Leslie and gave the boy his name?as well as his penchant for hard work, athletics and community involvement. He also instructed his stepson in a certain humility. Remember, he told the boy, someone else can always do the job better than you. The elder Ford...
Once he was sworn in as Vice President, Ford hit the road as a traveling salesman for the presidency and the Republican Party. In his first eight months in office, he flew more than 100,000 miles and made over 500 appearances before groups ranging from a large G.O.P. rally in Chicago to the Boy Scouts. The aim of this energetic odyssey was to rally the party faithful in a time of troubles and give them a glimpse of a new and accessible party leader...
...Nicholson early inaugurated his lifetime habit of giving people nicknames. His sister Lorraine was "Rain," her husband George "Shorty." Nicholson referred to his father, however, as "Jack." He called his mother "Mud." He was reticent about his home life. Recalls George Anderson, a high school pal, now a salesman: "I knew his father was an alcoholic, but the only time Jack mentioned it was one day when he said, 'I saw my father yesterday. The poor old guy, I feel sorry for him because he can't help...
...Alexander VI did when he split world navigation rights between Spain and Portugal in 1493. Rather, they have a three-dimensional task: they must apportion resources (fish, minerals), rights (transit, overflight) and responsibilities (environmental protection, resource conservation) among a host of competing interests. "If you know a good tranquilizer salesman, send him on down," cracks a delegate. "He'll get rich...